Huai Khwang subdistrict
Khwaeng in Thailand
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Huai Khwang (Thai: ห้วยขวาง, pronounced [hûa̯j kʰwǎːŋ]) is a khwaeng (subdistrict) of Huai Khwang district, downtown Bangkok.
Huai Khwang
ห้วยขวาง | |
|---|---|
Central Rama 9 shopping mall | |
| Etymology: Impeded Creek | |
 Location in Huai Khwang district | |
| Country |  Thailand |
| Province | Bangkok |
| Khet | Huai Khwang |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.342 km2 (2.063 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 27,109 |
| • Density | 5,074.69/km2 (13,143.4/sq mi) |
| [2] | |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
| Postal code | 10310 |
| TIS 1099 | 101701 |
History & naming
The subdistrict was once a tangle of marshlands in the past. Hence its name "Creeks That Block the Ways."[3]
Nowadays, Huai Khwang is best known for its seedy nightlife and so-called massage parlours.[4]
In addition, Pracha Rat Bamphen road, a branching off Ratchadaphisek road, is also the location of many shops or even nightclubs for Chinese. These Chinese are all new generation, some of them are even students. As a result, Huai Khwang has been dubbed as "New Chinatown".[5]
Geography
Huai Khwang is the west part of the district. Adjoining subdistricts are (from the north clockwise): Sam Sen Nok and Bang Kapi in its district, Din Daeng and Ratchadaphisek in Din Daeng district.