Yan Nawa
Yan Nawa or
Yannawa () is one of the
50 districts (
Khet) of
Bangkok,
Thailand. The district is bounded by (clockwise from west to northeast)
Rat Burana (across
Chao Phraya River),
Bang Kho Laem,
Sathon and
Khlong Toei districts of Bangkok while its remaining neighbor from east to south is
Amphoe Phra Pradaeng of
Samut Prakan Province.
Yan Nawa, in the past, was called
Ban Tavoy (
Tavoy village, Thai บ้านทวาย) or
Ban Kok Khwai (
water buffalo pen village, Thai บ้านคอกควาย) due to a large concentration of Tavoy people who often brought water buffaloes to market for trade. It became
Amphoe Ban Tavoy during King
Chulalongkorn period. It was later renamed to
Amphoe Yan Nawa in agreement with the earlier rename of
Wat Ban Tavoy to
Wat Yan Nawa. It became a khet in
1972 and the present-day kwaengs were devised in
1975. On 9 November
1989 parts of Yan Nawa were left to form two new districts, Sathon and Bang Kho Laem. Wat Yan Nawa, the
wat where the district name inherited from, is now belong to Sathon district.
* Central Rama III
The district is sub-divided into two sub-districts (
Kwaeng).{|1.
Chong Nonsi | ช่องนนทรี | |2.| Bang Phong Pang | บางโพงพาง |
