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Rattanakosin

Rattanakosin, also known as Rattanakosin Island, is the historic centre of , where most of Bangkok's "must see" sights can be found, including the Grand Palace and Wat Pho.
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  • Type: Neighborhood
  • Description: island in Bangkok
  • Also known as: “Ko Rattanakosin” and “Rattanakosin Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Khao San Road and Grand Palace.

Photo: Kevin Poh, CC BY 2.0.
is a small road about a block from the Chao Phraya River at the northern side of Rattanakosin. Backpackers and budget travellers are drawn here by some of the cheapest accommodation and travel deals in Thailand.

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The is a complex of buildings at the heart of , Thailand. The palace has been the official residence of the Kings of Siam since 1782.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, commonly known in English as the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and officially as Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram, is regarded as the most sacred Buddhist temple in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yaowarat and Phahurat and Silom.

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is Bangkok's multicultural district, located west of and southeast of Rattanakosin. Yaowarat Road is the home of Bangkok's sizeable Chinese community, while those of Indian ethnicity have congregated around Phahurat Road.

Photo: Jarcje, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.

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Siri Rat is one of the 180 sub-districts of , Thailand, covering the area around , located on the southern rim of Bangkok Noi mouth to the western bank of the in Bangkok Noi District.

Rattanakosin

Latitude
13.75139° or 13° 45′ 5″ north
Longitude
100.49732° or 100° 29′ 50″ east
Open location code
7P52QF2W+HW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8083504518
Wiki­data ID
Q2132910
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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Wu Chinese—“Rattanakosin” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “ရတနကောသိန္ဒြကျွန်း”
  • Burmese: “ရတနာကိုးစိန်ကျွန်း”
  • Burmese: “ရတနာကောသိန္ဒြကျွန်း”
  • Chinese: “拉达那哥欣岛”
  • Dutch: “Rattanakosin”
  • French: “île Rattanakosin”
  • French: “Île Rattanakosin”
  • German: “Rattanakosin”
  • Hebrew: “בנגקוק/רטאנקוסין”
  • Hebrew: “רטאנקוסין”
  • Italian: “isola di Rattanakosin”
  • Italian: “Isola di Rattanakosin”
  • Italian: “Rattanakosin”
  • Khmer: “កោះរតនកោសិន្ទ្រ៍”
  • Korean: “라타나코신섬”
  • Portuguese: “Bangkok/Rattanakosin”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha de Rattanakosin”
  • Portuguese: “Rattanakosin”
  • Russian: “Раттанакосин”
  • Slovenian: “Otok Rattanakosin”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Rattanakosin”
  • Thai: “เกาะรัตนโกสินทร์”
  • Urdu: “رتناکوسین جزیرہ”
  • Western Panjabi: “رتناکوسین جزیرہ”
  • Wu Chinese: “拉达那哥欣岛”

Localities in the Area

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Rattanakosin”. Photo: kamsky, CC BY 2.0.