{ "schema": "landometer.citywiki.article/v1", "id": "f7a3d414-68df-4183-9f1a-cadbc938136b", "slug": "tung-wat-don", "url": "https://landometer.com/v3/citywiki/tung-wat-don?lang=en", "json": "https://landometer.com/v3/citywiki/tung-wat-don.json", "language": "en", "updatedAt": "2026-09-01T17:57:01.834998+07:00", "indexedBySearch": true, "pendingBeforeIndexing": [ "Passed the two-step human review (geography and evidence, then page quality)." ], "place": { "nameEn": "Thung Wat Don", "nameTh": "ทุ่งวัดดอน", "province": "Bangkok", "country": "Thailand", "geoNote": "A khwaeng in Sathon district, centred here on the Teochew Cemetery and Wat Prok area.", "pronunciation": "toong wat don" }, "quickAnswer": "Thung Wat Don (ทุ่งวัดดอน) is an official khwaeng in Sathon district, but its clearest visitor story sits around the Teochew Cemetery (สุสานแต้จิ๋ว), Teochew Garden (สวนแต้จิ๋ว) and Wat Prok (วัดปรก). Graves, exercise, health services and Mon Buddhist history meet here without becoming one attraction with one entrance. There is no responsible fixed route until current gate, access, ceremony and photography rules are checked. Plan the places separately and allow the steward at each threshold to set the visit.", "truthStatement": "Thung Wat Don holds a cemetery that became shared exercise space without ceasing to be a place of graves and mourning.", "boundary": { "headline": "What Thung Wat Don means here", "definitionNote": "Thung Wat Don is the khwaeng named in Sathon District’s official plan, with the Teochew Cemetery–Wat Prok area forming the visitor core. The approximate locale shape crosses places associated with neighbouring khwaengs: Yawa Mosque is in Yan Nawa, and M.R. Kukrit’s House is in Thung Maha Mek, so both sit outside the core." }, "fit": { "summary": "Good for people interested in urban history, religious heritage and places whose present use does not erase their earlier purpose.", "roles": [ "Urban-history readers", "Mon heritage visitors", "Careful local researchers" ] }, "misfit": { "summary": "Less ideal for anyone needing a guaranteed walk with published entrances, hours and photography rules.", "roles": [ "Fixed-itinerary day-trippers", "Street photographers", "Step-free route planners" ] }, "practical": { "recommendedDuration": "No fixed duration until access is checked" }, "bestTime": [], "route": { "intro": "There is no single route to follow. Treat the cemetery and Wat Prok as separate choices, confirm the relevant entrance before leaving, and avoid using Health Center 63 (ศูนย์บริการสาธารณสุข 63) as a shortcut.", "stops": [ { "name": "Teochew Cemetery and Teochew Garden (สุสานแต้จิ๋ว และ สวนแต้จิ๋ว)", "role": "Understand the main story", "headline": "Exercise space remains cemetery space" }, { "name": "Wat Prok (วัดปรก)", "role": "See the Buddhist heritage", "headline": "A temple shaped by Mon faith and art" } ] }, "faqs": [ { "a": "No. Thung Wat Don is a khwaeng, while the cemetery and adjoining garden form one part of it.", "q": "Is Thung Wat Don the same as the Teochew Cemetery?" }, { "a": "No source used here supports that conclusion. The academic study found graves alongside public and exercise use during its own study period.", "q": "Has the cemetery been completely converted into a park?" }, { "a": "Check directly with the current steward. Available sources do not provide one current answer covering gates, hours, ceremonies, photography and the return.", "q": "Can I enter the Teochew Cemetery today?" }, { "a": "No. The Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre and the Central Islamic Council directory place Yawa Mosque in Yan Nawa khwaeng, within Sathon district.", "q": "Is Yawa Mosque in Thung Wat Don?" }, { "a": "No. Sathon District places it in Thung Maha Mek, so it belongs as a separate nearby visit.", "q": "Is M.R. Kukrit’s House part of this destination?" }, { "a": "Do not treat it as a current circuit. It documents dated survey work and does not establish continuous access through communities, worship spaces or cemetery gates.", "q": "Can I follow the district cycling survey as a visitor route?" } ], "caveats": [ "No current steward statement covers cemetery entrances, exercise areas, ceremonies and photography together; check directly before travelling.", "The two supplied 2026 tourism activities took place in Phetchaburi on February 13–March 1 and March 28, 2026, so they were excluded from Thung Wat Don.", "Restaurant opening status, hotel availability and prices can change; recheck any venue you plan around." ], "sources": [ { "publisher": "CityMETER", "title": "Tourism, Restaurant, Hotel, Population and Factory datasets; locale boundary", "url": null, "accessed": null, "supports": "Supplied attraction and venue names, food price bands, local counts and the approximate non-legal map shape." }, { "publisher": "Sathon District Office, Bangkok", "title": "Annual Action Plan 2024", "url": "https://webportal.bangkok.go.th/public/user_files_editor/100/Annouce/ITA67/O5plan.pdf", "accessed": "2026-08-24", "supports": "Thung Wat Don’s status as one of Sathon district’s three khwaengs and the distinction from Yan Nawa and Thung Maha Mek." }, { "publisher": "Sathon District Office, Bangkok", "title": "Notable places in Sathon", "url": "https://webportal.bangkok.go.th/sathon/page/sub/4159/%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B5", "accessed": "2026-08-24", "supports": "Wat Prok’s location and Mon heritage, the district account of the cemetery-garden area, and M.R. Kukrit’s House being in Thung Maha Mek." }, { "publisher": "Bangkok Metropolitan Administration", "title": "History of Health Center 63, Teochew Association of Thailand", "url": "https://webportal.bangkok.go.th/healthcenter63/page/sub/5253/%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9B%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B2", "accessed": "2026-08-24", "supports": "Health Center 63’s Thung Wat Don location, December 15, 1995 opening date and stated land-and-building ownership relationship." }, { "publisher": "Silpakorn University", "title": "From cemetery to public space in urban society", "url": "https://sure.su.ac.th/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/15106/BA_Pornchira_Sukthawat.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=1", "accessed": null, "supports": "Graves alongside exercise and public-space use during the study period." }, { "publisher": "The Standard Life", "title": "Teochew Association Health Garden feature", "url": "https://thestandard.co/life/teochew-cemetery-park/", "accessed": "2026-08-24", "supports": "Activity groups observed during the feature’s 2023 reporting, not a current programme." }, { "publisher": "Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre", "title": "Yawa Mosque community profile", "url": "https://wikicommunity.sac.or.th/community/1391", "accessed": "2026-08-24", "supports": "Yawa Mosque’s Yan Nawa location, Javanese community history, named founders and the retained roof and balai features." }, { "publisher": "Central Islamic Council of Thailand", "title": "Yawa Mosque directory entry", "url": "https://www.cicot.or.th/th/mosque/detail/247/2/%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2", "accessed": "2026-08-24", "supports": "Mosque identity, Yan Nawa address and Javanese architectural history." }, { "publisher": "Bangkok Metropolitan Administration", "title": "Sathon cycling project", "url": "https://policy.bangkok.go.th/tracking/frontend/web/index.php?ID=7062&r=site%2Fprojectview", "accessed": "2026-08-24", "supports": "The dated survey sequence connecting named communities, BTS stations, Yawa Mosque, Teochew Garden and Wat Prok, and its limits as a present route." }, { "publisher": "Bangkok Mass Transit System", "title": "BTS route map", "url": "https://www.bts.co.th/btsroutes/btsroutes.pdf", "accessed": "2026-08-24", "supports": "Saint Louis and Surasak stations on the Silom Line." }, { "publisher": "OpenRice", "title": "Walk in Cafe and Bistro", "url": "https://www.openrice.com/en/bangkok/r-walk-in-cafe-and-bistro-yan-nawa-thai-food-general-r1592317", "accessed": "2026-08-24", "supports": "Venue type and Yan Nawa location; current hours remain changeable." }, { "publisher": "Makan Halal Guide", "title": "Bai Pochana Cooked-to-order Islamic Food", "url": "https://makanhalalguide.com/shop/detail/28", "accessed": "2026-08-24", "supports": "Halal cooked-to-order food and its location near the Yawa Mosque area." }, { "publisher": "Wongnai", "title": "We Are Burger - Sathorn", "url": "https://www.wongnai.com/restaurants/2982244aO-we-are-burger-sathorn-sathorn", "accessed": "2026-08-24", "supports": "Burger-focused menu and Yan Nawa location; current hours and status need rechecking." }, { "publisher": "Wikimedia Commons", "title": "Teochew Cemetery (II), photograph by Supanut Arunoprayote", "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Teochew_Cemetery_(II).jpg", "accessed": "2026-08-24", "supports": "Hero image, creator credit, location and CC BY 4.0 reuse licence." } ], "image": { "url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Teochew_Cemetery_%28II%29.jpg", "alt": "Teochew Cemetery or Wat Don Graveyard (ป่าช้าวัดดอน) is a large cemetery in Bangkok's Sathon District.", "author": "This Photo was taken by Supanut Arunoprayote", "license": "CC BY 4.0", "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0", "source": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Teochew_Cemetery_(II).jpg" } }