Talat Yot (, ) is a ''

khwaeng A ''khwaeng'' (, ) is an administrative subdivision used in the fifty districts of Bangkok and a few other city municipalities in Thailand. Currently, there are 180 ''khwaeng'' in Bangkok. A ''khwaeng'' is roughly equivalent to a ''tambon'' in ot ...

'' (subdistrict) of Phra Nakhon District,

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, considered to be majority area of

Bang Lamphu Bang Lamphu, also spelled Banglampoo or Banglamphu (, ; in the past, it was often misspelled บางลำภู) is a neighbourhood in Bangkok located in Phra Nakhon District. The history of the Bang Lamphu community dates to the establishment ...

neighbourhood.

History

Its name after Talat Yot, a large

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that used to be located in this area. It was also known as Bang Lumphu. At the beginning it was just a small market, later during the reign of King

Nangklao Nangklao (born Thap; 31 March 1788 – 2 April 1851), also known by his regnal name Rama III, was the third Monarchy of Thailand, king of Siam from the Chakri dynasty, ruling from 21 July 1824 to 2 April 1851. Nangklao was the eldest surviving ...

(Rama III) it grew into a bigger market, and there was a major improvement in the year 1902. Talat Yot was a large market in the inner Bangkok (

Rattanakosin Island Rattanakosin Island (, , ) is a historic area in the Phra Nakhon District in the city of Bangkok, Thailand. It is bordered by the Chao Phraya River to the west and various canals to the east that were dug to serve as moats for what was originall ...

) in those days. There was a wide variety of goods trading, such as both fresh and dried foods, flowers, incenses and candles, various Thai desserts, gold and jewelry stores, leather stores, fabric shops. They starting from small stores and successively develop, until the reign of King

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(Rama VI) therefore became an important trading centre to date. Moreover, there was another important market near Talat Yot called Talat Norarat, a fruit market outside Rattanakosin Island. In the 1970s, Bang Lamphu consists of three main markets, namely Talat Yot, Talat Turian (

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market), and Talat Nana. For Talat Nana, its name is derived from the surname of

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, a Thai-Indian politician and

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, who was an owner. It closed down in the 1980s.

Geography

Neighbouring subdistricts are (from the north clockwise): Wat Sam Phraya,

Ban Phan Thom Ban Phan Thom (, ) is a community and a ''khwaeng'' (sub-district) of Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok. History Ban Phan Thom is a traditional community since the early Rattanakosin period alike Ban Bu and Ban Chang Lo in Thonburi's Bangkok Noi ...

(across Khlong Bang Lamphu), Bowon Niwet, Phra Borom Maha Ratchawang, and Chana Songkhram.

Places

Khaosan Road Khaosan Road or Khao San Road (, , ) is a short street in central Bangkok, Thailand. It is in length and was constructed in 1892 during the reign of Rama V. It is in the Bang Lamphu area of Phra Nakhon District about north of the Grand Palace ...

* Rambuttri Road and Rong Mai Lane *Tang Hua Seng Department Store * Phra Sumen Road *Tani Road *Chakrabongse Road *Kraisi Road and Kraisi Alley * Sip Sam Hang Road *Chana Songkhram Metropolitan Police Station *

Tanao Road file:Bangkok Thailand Street Close to Kao San Road.JPG, 250px, Tanao Road in phase near Khao San Road Tanao Road (, , ) is a road in Phra Nakhon District, Krung Thep, Bangkok. Starting from Bamrung Mueang Road at Si Kak Sao Chingcha straight to ...

Ratchadamnoen Avenue Ratchadamnoen Avenue (, , , also spelled Rajdamnern) is a historic road in the Phra Nakhon and Pom Prap Sattru Phai with Dusit Districts of Bangkok, Thailand. Ratchadamnoen Avenue may be the most politically charged thoroughfare in the capita ...

Khok Wua Intersection Khok Wua (, ) is an intersection in Bangkok. It is a four-way crossroads of Ratchadamnoen (section middle Ratchadamnoen) and Tanao roads in area of Bowon Niwet and Talat Yot sub-districts, Phra Nakhon district within Rattanakosin Island. Th ...

*Norarat Sathan Bridge * BMA Parking Garage

References

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