Wachiraphayaban subdistrict
Wachiraphayaban is a khwaeng of Dusit District, in Bangkok, Thailand.
History & naming
Most areas of Wachiraphayaban are in Samsen quarter, Samsen is an area with a long history before the establishment of Rattanakosin in 1782, since the Ayutthaya period in the reign of King Narai this was where the Immaculate Conception Church was located, and the Portuguese community.Until the early Rattanakosin period, the Christian Khmers escape their country to settle here with the royal permission of the King Rama I. Later in the reign of King Rama III, there were also a group of Christian Annamese settlers here as well, and they built another church, St. Francis Xavier Church. Thus making Samsen a settlement of both people races, hence the named "Ban Khmer" and "Ban Yuan".
Before 1939, then named Ban Yuan Samsen.
file:Krung Thon Bridge สะพานกรุงธน by Trisorn Triboon 1111 14.jpg|thumb|left|Krung Thon Bridge, also called Sang Hi Bridge, spans the Chao Phraya River, connecting Wachiraphayaban with the Bang Yi Khan and Bang Phlat subdistricts on the Thonburi side
The eponymous Vajira Hospital, the old government hospital since the reign of King Rama VI on Samsen Road.
Geography
Wachiraphayaban can be considered as the western area of the district. It has a total area of 1.074 km2.The area is bordered by neighbouring subdistricts : Thanon Nakhon Chai Si in its district, Dusit in its district, Wat Sam Phraya of Phra Nakhon District, Bang Yi Khan and Bang Phlat of Bang Phlat District.