Chatuchak Weekend Market

Chatuchak Market has been open since 1942.{{Cite web | url=http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/johnsun.hsu2-1978178-chatuchak-weekend-market-bangkok/ | title=Chatuchak Weekend Market Bangkok | access-date=2014-11-29 | archive-date=2017-07-06 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706174853/http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/johnsun.hsu2-1978178-chatuchak-weekend-market-bangkok/ | url-status=dead }} In 1948, Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram had a policy that every province was required to have its own market. Bangkok chose Sanam Luang as the market site. After a few months, the government moved the market to Sanam Chai. The market moved back to Sanam Luang in 1958.

Starting in 1975, General Kriangsak Chamanan had the policy of using Sanam Luang as a place of recreational activity for the populace which would also be used for commemorating ceremony. As General Kriangsak Chamanan was the chairman of State Railway of Thailand at that time, he thus permitted the use of land on the south side of Chatuchak Park as a market. His plan was to recycle waste from the looming Din Daeng Garbage Mountain which had stacked up across the decades to use as landfills, and he recruited military engineers for the job. The park was fully completed in 1978, when General Kriangsak Chomanan became the Prime Minister.{{Cite web | url=http://www.bangkok.go.th/jj2minburi/page/main/2449 | title=เกี่ยวกับเรา – กองอำนวยการตลาดนัดกรุงเทพมหานคร (ตลาดนัดเมืองมีน) | access-date=2020-03-25 | archive-date=2020-03-25 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325100437/http://www.bangkok.go.th/jj2minburi/page/main/2449 | url-status=dead }}{{cite news|title=Food and music shops to look out for at Bangkok's Chatuchak Weekend Market|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/travel/food-and-music-shops-to-look-out-for-at-bangkoks-chatuchak-weekend-market|work=The Straits Times|date=23 December 2016}}

By 1983, all of the merchants had moved to Chatuchak. At that time the market was called Phahonyothin Market. In 1987, its name was changed to Chatuchak Market.{{cite web|url=http://www.jj-app.com/?p%3D97 |title=ประวัติตลาดนัดจตุจักร ตลาดนัดสวนจตุจักร (Jatujak Market) | jj app แอฟพลิเคชั่นบนมือถือ สำหรับนักท่องเที่ยว ตลาดนัดสวนจตุจักร |access-date=2014-11-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511071554/http://www.jj-app.com/?p=97 |archive-date=2013-05-11 }}

The clock tower is a distinctive landmark in the Chatuchuk Market. It was built in 1987 on the occasion of King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 60th birthday on 5 December 1987, a cooperative effort of the market administration and Thai-Chinese Merchant Association.{{Cite web|last=Davies|first=Ryan|date=2018-02-05|title=Chatuchak's Clock Tower|url=https://www.chatuchakmarket.org/chatuchak-market-clock-tower/|access-date=2021-03-19|website=Chatuchak Market: The World's Largest Weekend Market|language=en-GB}}

On Tuesday 11 June 2024, at about 4am, a fire broke out in the ornamental fish zone in Srisomrat Market, also affectionately known as Sunday Market, adjacent to the bigger Chatuchak market, burning out 118 sales stalls, killing some 1,000 animals including snakes, spiders and Siamese fighting fish.[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-12/animals-killed-as-fire-rips-through-bangkok-pet-market/103967154 More than 1,000 animals killed as fire rips through famous Bangkok market], ABC News Online/wires, 2024-06-12{{Cite news |date=June 11, 2024 |title=Fire at Thailand's famous Chatuchak Weekend Market kills hundreds of caged animals |url=https://apnews.com/article/thailand-bangkok-chatuchak-fire-animals-29453720a80c5c4ce767440e0d95c77f |access-date=July 11, 2024 |work=Associated Press News}}

Monthly stall rent for vendors at the market ranges from 10,600 to 17,700 baht. A University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC) study found that most merchants have been selling at the weekend market for four to six years and have an average sales revenue of 139,500 baht per month.

Studies have shown that the Chatuchak Market is a centre for trade in illegal wildlife.{{cite web|title=Bangkok market a hub for illegal international trade in freshwater turtles and tortoises|url=http://www.iucn.org/content/bangkok-market-hub-illegal-international-trade-freshwater-turtles-and-tortoises|date=2008-04-25 |access-date=28 July 2016|website=International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)}}

In a survey conducted on 28–29 March 2015, researchers counted 1,271 birds of 117 species for sale in 45 shops or stalls. Of the total, nine species were listed as "Threatened" on the IUCN Red List and eight species as "Near Threatened".{{cite journal|last1=Ching|first1=Serene C L|last2=Eaton|first2=James A|title=Snapshot of an on-going trade: an inventory of birds for sale in Chatuchak weekend market, Bangkok, Thailand|journal=BirdingASIA|date=2016|volume=25|url=http://orientalbirdclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/BA25-Chatuchak.pdf|access-date=28 July 2016}}{{RP|24-29}}{{cite web|title=Persistent illegal bird trade highlighted at notorious Bangkok Market|url=http://www.traffic.org/home/2016/7/28/persistent-illegal-bird-trade-highlighted-at-notorious-bangk.html|access-date=28 July 2016|website=Traffic|date=28 July 2016}}

• Clothing and accessories (sections 2–6, 10–26)
• Handicrafts (sections 8–11)
• Ceramics (sections 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 25)
• Furniture and home decor (sections 1,3,4,7,8)
• Food and beverage (sections 2, 3, 4, 23, 24, 26, 27)
• Plants and gardening (sections 3, 4)
• Art and galleries (section 7)
• Pets and accessories (sections 8, 9, 11, 13)
• Books (sections 1, 27)
• Antiques and collectibles (sections 1, 26)
• Miscellaneous and used clothing (sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 22, 25, 26)

The market is served by the Kamphaeng Phet Road and is served by the Kamphaeng Phet (western end) and Chatuchak Park stations (eastern end) on the MRT Blue Line. The eastern end of the market is also served by Mo Chit BTS station on the Sukhumvit Line.

Image:Bangkok - Jatujak Market 01.JPG|One of its many small aisles, Chatuchak Market

Image:Chatuchak_Weekend_Market_Soi.jpg|A narrow aisle, Chatuchak Market

Image:Chatuchak weekend market.jpg|Fish for sale, Chatuchak Market

Image:Fake football shirts.jpg|Fake football shirts, Chatuchak Market

Image:Thai Silk.jpg|Thai silk, Chatuchak Market

Image:Chatuchak clocktower.jpg|Clock tower, Chatuchak Market

Image:Chatuchak weekend market roofs.jpg|Central clock tower, Chatuchak Market

Image:Taxis and minibusues (8271081864).jpg|Taxi and minibus queue, Chatuchak Market

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• [http://www.chatuchakmarket.org/ Chatuchak Market Website]
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