Amphoe Khlong Luang
Amphoe Khlong Luang (คลองหลวง) is a district (amphoe) in Pathum Thani Province, central Thailand, north of Bangkok.
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Status | District (amphoe, ADM2) in Pathum Thani Province, central Thailand1 |
| Registered population | 274,012 in 2017, up from 251,190 in 20132 |
| Population density | 915.82 persons per sq km (2017)2 |
| Location | Coordinates 14.09488 N, 100.67508 E; elevation about 8 m1 |
| Name origin | Renamed after the royal canal dug in the reign of King Rama V in 2448 BE (1905)3 |
History
The area was originally part of Bang Wai (บางหวาย), under the administration of Mueang Thanyaburi in the Ayutthaya period, when it was deep, low-lying forest.
The royal canal. King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) ordered the digging of the Rangsit canal to provide agricultural land for people in the Thung Luang and Bang Wai areas. When the canal was finished, the government changed the district's name to Khlong Luang, commemorating the king's foresight; the municipal history dates the digging to 2448 BE (1905) and explains the name as "the canal dug anew in the reign of Rama V".3
The district's main town municipality traces its own administrative history to a sanitation district (sukhaphiban) that was raised to Khlong Luang Subdistrict Municipality on 25 May 1999 under the 1999 Act changing the status of sanitation districts, and then upgraded to the town municipality Khlong Luang on 8 November 2004 by a Ministry of Interior announcement.3
Geography and administration
The district lies at about 8 m elevation at coordinates 14.09488 N, 100.67508 E, in the Asia/Bangkok time zone.1 Its neighboring districts and provinces are, clockwise from the north, Bang Pa-in and Wang Noi of Ayutthaya Province, then Nong Suea, Thanyaburi, Mueang Pathum Thani, and Sam Khok of Pathum Thani Province.1
Population
Registration records show steady growth. The district's registered population rose from 251,190 in 2013 to 257,777 in 2014, 263,781 in 2015, 268,523 in 2016, and 274,012 in 2017, with annual percentage increases of about 1.6 to 2.6 percent over the period.2 At 915.82 persons per sq km in 2017, its density was below that of neighboring Thanyaburi District (1,842.84) and Mueang Pathum Thani District (1,673.26).2
The GeoNames gazetteer, drawing on a different, later population figure, lists 420,211 inhabitants for the division.1 Within the district, the most populous subdistricts by that source are Khlong Nueng with 99,195 people and Khlong Sam with 90,341, followed by Khlong Song (42,697), Khlong Si (20,266), Khlong Ha (15,449), Khlong Hok (13,235), and Khlong Chet (7,569).1
Education and landmarks
The district is a center of higher education and research in the Bangkok metropolitan region. A 1989 planning study of the area around the Bang Khan community, a service center for these institutes, already identified the concentration of Rangsit College, Bangkok University, Thammasat University, the Asian Institute of Technology, and the Phetchaburi teacher training college as the driver of land-use change, and proposed preserving surrounding agricultural land while concentrating residential development within 5 km of the community center.4
The municipality's own motto reflects the same themes: the royal canal, the lotus for which Pathum Thani is known, prominence in education, and trade and industry.3
Recent developments
Flood dispute over the high-speed rail. On 1 May 2026, more than 100 villagers and community leaders from eight communities, joined by Khlong Luang Mayor Yutthasak Chuprasert and Pathum Thani Provincial Administrative Organisation president Pol. Lt. Gen. Kamronwit Thoopkrajang, complained that high-speed rail construction had filled in a drainage canal 6 to 8 m wide alongside the railway, to be replaced by an 80 cm pipe. The canal had carried runoff from communities lying 1 to 2 m below Phahonyothin Road into Khlong Prem Prachakorn, and residents warned that the reduced capacity could flood up to 30,000 households; they threatened to block roads and railway lines unless the design was revised.5
Road works. In September 2026 the Department of Rural Roads was advancing construction of an interchange at the junction of rural road PT4001 and highway 352 in Khlong Luang District, a project included in the provincial development plan and expected to be completed in 2029 to ease traffic and support economic growth in the metropolitan area.6
References
- Amphoe Khlong Luang, Thailand, GeoNames
- รายงานสถิติจังหวัดปทุมธานี พ.ศ. 2561 (Pathum Thani Provincial Statistical Report 2018), NSO Pathum Thani
- ประวัติความเป็นมา เทศบาลเมืองคลองหลวง (History of Khlong Luang Town Municipality)
- Bhattarin Hongtong, A guideline study for development plan due to expansion of the higher educational institutes: a case study of Bang Kuan community in Amphoe Khlong Luang, Chulalongkorn University
- Khlong Luang residents threaten to block roads and railway lines due to flood concerns, Khaosod English (1 May 2026)
- Department of Rural Roads Advances Khlong Luang Interchange Construction, Thairath English (23 September 2026)
Initially written Oct 21, 2026 · Edited: Oct 25, 2026
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