Pathum Wan district

Pathum Wan ปทุมวัน
District (khet)
The Siam area, with Siam Square in the foreground
Location in Bangkok
Coordinates (district office): 13°44′42″N 100°31′20″E / 13.74500°N 100.52222°E / 13.74500; 100.52222
Country	Thailand
Province	Bangkok
Seat	Rong Mueang
Khwaeng	4
Area
• Total	8.37 km2 (3.23 sq mi)
Population  (2019)
• Total	47,685
• Density	5,700/km2 (15,000/sq mi)
Postal code	10330
Geocode	1007

Pathum Wan (Thai: ปทุมวัน, pronounced [pā.tʰūm.wān]) is one of the fifty districts (khet) of Bangkok, Thailand. It lies just beyond the old city boundary of Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem, and was a rural area on the eastern outskirts of the city when royal villas were built there in the late nineteenth century. The district was officially established in 1915, and covers an area of 8.37 square kilometres (3.23 sq mi). A large part of the district area is taken up by the campus of Chulalongkorn University and the green expanses of Lumphini Park and the Royal Bangkok Sports Club. By the turn of the 20th–21st centuries, the district had become known as the modern-day city centre, home to the prominent shopping areas of Siam and Ratchaprasong.