Salathammasop Sub District

DISTRICT: Thawi Watthana

AREA: 28.698 km2

POSTCODE: 10170

Sala Thammasop is one of only two sub-districts of the Thawi Watthana District. The sub-district in mainly agricultural and is located in the easternmost part of Bangkok.

The name Sala Thammasop means pavilion for sermons. Previously though, it was name Sala Tamsop or pavilion for funerals. This was because King Rama IV had ordered that Khlon Maha Sawat be dug along with salas or open pavilions. One of these. Salaya. is home to textbooks about traditional Thai medicine. There were also two salas specifically intended for the dead bodies of those who died digging the canal. The name was changed later as it is less depressing.

Thongsook College is a private higher education institute located in the Sala Thammasop. It was established in 1994. The offer many undergraduate programmes as well as a Thai masters degree in business administration. They do not offer any athletics, nor are they wheelchair accessible.

The Office of Higher Education Commission, or OHEC,  has previously been concerned about student teacher ratios in the school. They raised concerns about the quality of education where there was a high number of students relative to lecturers.

Though the sub-district is quite far from the mass transit options of the BTS Skytrain and the MRT, they are served by the Phuttamonthon Sai 2 Railway Halt. There are a number of regularly scheduled services including commuter trains that primarily go to Thon Buri. The Thon Buri Railway Station is approximately 11.5 km from this station.