Amphawa
Amphawa is a district of Samut Songkhram province, at the northwestern tip of the Bay of Bangkok, West of Bangkok. The canal-side way of life in Amphawa takes place along the waterfront walkways of Amphawa Canal, a small tributary of the Mae Khlong River.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: sherrattsam, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Town with 5,610 residents
- Description: district in Samut Songkhram province, Thailand
- Also known as: “Amphawa district”, “Khwaeng Bang Chang”, and “เทศบาลตำบลอัมพวา”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wat Ban Kae Yai and Wat Amphawan Che Ti Ya Ram.
Wat Ban Kae Yai
Buddhist temple
Photo: พระอภิชัช ธมฺมโชโต, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wat Ban Kae Yai is a Buddhist temple.
Wat Amphawan Che Ti Ya Ram
Buddhist temple
Photo: Chainwit., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wat Amphawan Che Ti Ya Ram is a Buddhist temple.
Wat Nang Wang
Buddhist temple
Photo: กสิณธร ราชโอรส, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wat Nang Wang is a Buddhist temple.
Amphawa
- Categories: amphoe, city, and locality
- Location: Samut Songkhram Province, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
13.425° or 13° 25′ 30″ northLongitude
99.9553° or 99° 57′ 19″ eastPopulation
5,610Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)Open location code
7M5XCXG4+24OpenStreetMap ID
node 1025600476OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
1158431Wikidata ID
Q475066
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bishnupriya to Welsh—“Amphawa” goes by many names.
- Bishnupriya: “আম্ফোয়ে অমফাৱা”
- Cebuano: “Amphoe Amphawa”
- Chinese: “Amphawa Kūn”
- Chinese: “安帕瓦區”
- Chinese: “安帕瓦县”
- Chinese: “安帕瓦縣”
- Chinese: “紅塗我縣”
- Chinese: “红涂我县”
- French: “Amphawa”
- German: “Amphawa”
- German: “Amphoe Amphawa”
- Italian: “Amphawa”
- Italian: “Distretto di Amphawa”
- Japanese: “アムパワー”
- Japanese: “アムパワー郡”
- Japanese: “アンパワー”
- Korean: “암파와군”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Amphawa Kūn”
- Persian: “بخش امپفاوا”
- Romanian: “Districtul Amphawa”
- Thai: “อ.อัมพวา”
- Thai: “อัมพวา”
- Thai: “อำเภออัมพวา”
- Vietnamese: “Amphawa”
- Welsh: “Amphawa”
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