Wat Pa Sak
Wat Pa Sak is a wat in Chiang Saen District, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. Located just outside the city's old walls, the temple derives its name from the 300 teaks planted on the site around the time of its foundation.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wat Chedi Luang and Wat Phra That Chom Kitti.
Wat Chedi Luang
Buddhist temple
Photo: Sarawut VRW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wat Chedi Luang is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 370 metres east of Wat Pa Sak.
Wat Phra That Chom Kitti
Buddhist temple
Photo: Chainwit., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wat Phra That Chom Kitti is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 1½ km north of Wat Pa Sak.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Golden Triangle.
Golden Triangle
Town
The Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone is located along the Mekong River in the Ton Pheung District of Bokeo Province in Laos. The zone has an area of about 3,000 hectares and was created in 2007 by the Lao government together with the Chinese-owned Hong Kong-registered company Kings Romans Group with the formulated hope of generating economic development. Golden Triangle is situated 8 km north of Wat Pa Sak.
Wat Pa Sak
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Buddhist temple in Chiang Rai province, Thailand
- Categories: wat, tourism, archaeological site, and historic site
- Location: Wiang, Chiang Saen, Chiang Rai Province, Northern Thailand, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
20.27408° or 20° 16′ 27″ northLongitude
100.07704° or 100° 4′ 37″ eastOpen location code
7PG273FG+JROpenStreetMap ID
way 1380457904OpenStreetMap feature
attraction=historicOpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q13452399
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Thai—“Wat Pa Sak” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ပစက်ကျောင်းတော်”
- Burmese: “ပါစက်ကျောင်းတော်”
- Dutch: “Wat Pa Sak”
- German: “Wat Pa Sak”
- Thai: “วัดป่าสัก”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Chiang Saen Gate and Chiang Saen National Museum.
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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 Wikipedia page “Wat Pa Sak”. Photo: Chainwit., CC BY 4.0.