Dusit

Dusit is a leafy, European-style district of Bangkok that functions as the political centre of Thailand. Its development dates back to the early 1900s, when King Rama V built the Dusit Palace, a complex of palaces and royal residences he created to escape the heat and chaos of the Grand Palace.
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  • Type: Quarter with 95,900 residents
  • Description: district in Bangkok, Thailand
  • Also known as: “Amphoe Dusit”, “Dusit district”, and “แขวงดุสิต”

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Library and Vimanmek Mansion.

Library
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The of Thailand is the legal depositary and copyright library for . It was officially established on 12 October 1905, after the merger of the three existing royal libraries, and is one of the oldest national libraries in Asia.

Castle
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The is a former royal villa in , . It is in the complex in Dusit District. As of 2019 it has been dismantled to allow for foundation repairs and will be rebuilt upon its completion.

Castle
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The is a royal reception hall in in , Thailand. It was commissioned by King Chulalongkorn in 1908. The building was completed in 1915, five years after Rama V's death in 1910.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Silom and Bang Phlat.

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is the closest Bangkok gets to Wall Street, with glistening skyscrapers all boasting the names of financial institutions. However, the character of the area changes after nightfall: the small sois between Road and Surawong Road come alive with people who are out for a good time, and Patpong's well-known "red light" district is often a sought-out location.

Suburb
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is one of the 50 districts of , . Its neighboring districts, clockwise from the north, are , , Dusit, , , and .

Neighborhood
Market, also known locally as Talat or Talad is a historic market in , located in Wat Sommanat sub-district, Pom Prap Sattru Phai district.

Dusit

Latitude
13.77054° or 13° 46′ 14″ north
Longitude
100.51261° or 100° 30′ 45″ east
Population
95,900
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
7P52QGC7+62
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7876007558
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Geo­Names ID
1610857
Wiki­data ID
Q1267640
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Dusit” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “منطقة دوسيت”
  • Azerbaijani: “Dusit”
  • Bishnupriya: “খেত দুসিত”
  • Burmese: “တုသိတ”
  • Burmese: “ဒူဆစ်မြို့နယ်”
  • Catalan: “Dusit”
  • Cebuano: “Khet Dusit”
  • Chinese: “律实县”
  • Chinese: “都实县”
  • Dutch: “Dusit”
  • Estonian: “Dusit”
  • French: “Dusit”
  • German: “Dusit”
  • Hebrew: “בנגקוק/דוסיט”
  • Italian: “Dusit”
  • Japanese: “デュシット区”
  • Japanese: “ドゥシット区”
  • Khmer: “ឌុសិត”
  • Korean: “두싯”
  • Lao: “ເຂດດຸສິດ”
  • Malay: “Dusit”
  • Northern Sami: “Dusit”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dusit”
  • Norwegian: “Dusit”
  • Portuguese: “Bangkok/Dusit”
  • Portuguese: “Dusit”
  • Russian: “Дусит”
  • Slovenian: “Dusit”
  • Thai: “เขตดุสิต”
  • Thai: “ดุสิต”
  • Thai: “อำเภอดุสิต”
  • Ukrainian: “Дусіт”
  • Urdu: “دوسیت ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Dusit”

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