Si Yaek Maha Nak สี่แยกมหานาค | |
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.jpg) Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem in theKhlong Maha Nak sub-district,Pom Prap Sattru Phai district, the opposite side is Mahanak Market in Si Yaek Maha Nak area. | |
 Location inDusit District | |
| Country |  Thailand |
| Province | Bangkok |
| Khet | Dusit |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.339 km2 (0.131 sq mi) |
| Population (2018) | |
• Total | 7,422 |
| • Density | 21,893.81/km2 (56,704.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
| Postal code | 10300 |
| TIS 1099 | 100204 |
Si Yaek Maha Nak (Thai:สี่แยกมหานาค,pronounced[sìːjɛ̂ːkmā.hǎːnâːk]) is a sub-district (khwaeng) ofDusit district, Bangkok.
The nameSi Yaek Maha Nak means "Maha Nak Intersection" or "Maha Nak Four Corners", as it's a water intersection. This area is famous for its pastfloating market. The name "Maha Nak" is named afterKhlong Maha Nak (คลองมหานาค; Maka Nak canal). The canal has a starting point at the Khlong Rop Krung (คลองรอบกรุง; lit:around the city canal), part of theold city moat, from Saphan Mahat Thai Uthit (Mahat Thai Uthit bridge) nearRatchadamnoen avenue and thenMahakan fort passes through to the east. In this area it cuts acrossKhlong Phadung Krung Kasem (Phadung Krung Kasem canal) and flowing continuously toBan Khrua quarter, where it becameKhlong Saen Saep. All of these canals were dug in the earlyRattanakosin period during the reign of KingPhutthayotfa Chulalok (Rama I),Nangklao (Rama III) andMongkut (Rama IV). It was the main transport route of the people in those days. It was the centre of travel and trade by boat and connected toChachoengsao province by Khlong Saen Saep. It became a floating market at the end of that era.[2]
There's an incredible story behind this area's naming of "Si Yak Maha Nak", it is due toMae Nak Phra Khanong,Thai female ghost, and was well known as being haunted by her inflating her body to a gigantic size here. And it's rumored that King Mongkut had visited to see her.[3] (Maha is Thai loanword fromSanskrit महा (mahā) meaningthe great).
At present Si Yak Maha Nak is still an important market, as in the past. It's the location of the Maha Nak Market, also known as Saphan Khao Market, Bangkok's largest wholesale and retail fruits market. In addition, it's also adjacent toBobae, wholesale and retail cheap clothes market located inPom Prap Sattru Phai district.[2]
Neighbouring sub-districts are (from the north clockwise):Suan Chitlada in its district (Phitsanulok and Nakhon Sawan roads are the divider lines), Thanon Phetchaburi ofRatchathewi district (Northern railway line is a divider line),Rong Mueang ofPathum Wan district (Khlong Saen Saep is a divider line),Khlong Maha Nak and Wat Sommanat of Pom Prap Sattru Phai district (Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem is a divider line), respectively.
It has a total area of 0.375 km2 (round about 0.14 mi2), considered as the smallest sub-district and the southernmost area of the district.[4]
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