Editing Chatuchak Weekend Market

{{Short description|Street market in Bangkok, Thailand}}
{{Infobox retail market
| retail_market_name = Chatuchak Weekend Market
| image              = Bangkok - Jatujak Market 02.JPG
| caption         =Chatuchak Weekend Market on a Saturday afternoon.
| location           = [[Chatuchak District|Chatuchak]], [[Bangkok]]
| website            = [http://www.chatuchakmarket.org Chatuchakmarket.org]
}}

The '''Chatuchak Weekend Market''' ({{langx|th|ตลาดนัดจตุจักร}}, {{rtgs|''Talatnat Chatuchak''}} {{audio|Chatuchak Weekend Market (TH).ogg|pronunciation}}), on Kamphaeng Phet 2 Road, [[Chatuchak District|Chatuchak]], [[Bangkok]], is the largest [[market (place)|market]] in Thailand.<ref name="Agar2006">{{cite book|last=Agar|first=Charles|title=Frommer's Thailand|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TpOukSVMIGYC&pg=PA16|date=19 July 2006|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-470-04031-7|page=16}}</ref> Also known as JJ Market, it has more than 15,000 stalls and 11,505 vendors (2019),<ref name="BP-20190129">{{cite news |last1=Apisitniran |first1=Lamonphet |title=Chatuchak shops plied with e-commerce, loans |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/news/1619538/chatuchak-shops-plied-with-e-commerce-loans |access-date=2019-01-29 |work=Bangkok Post |date=2019-01-29}}</ref> divided into 27 sections. Chatuchak Market sells many different kinds of goods, including [[plant]]s, [[antique]]s, [[consumer electronics]], [[cosmetics]], [[pet]]s, fresh and dry [[food]] and [[drink]]s, [[Pottery|ceramics]], [[furniture]] and [[home accessories]], [[clothing]], and [[book]]s.<ref name="Chatuchak">{{cite web|title=Welcome, Chatuchak Weekend Market|url=http://www.chatuchakmarket.org/|website=Chatuchak Weekend Market|access-date=2 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Guide To Chatuchak Market: Experience For Shopping|website=Asia Marvels|date=14 March 2017|url=http://asiamarvels.com/chatuchak-market-experience-shopping/}}</ref>

It is the world's largest and most diverse weekend market, with over 200,000 visitors every weekend.<ref name="Chatuchak"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Where is the World's Largest Weekend Market?|url=http://wanderlustandlipstick.com/blogs/wandershopper/2013/05/24/where-is-the-worlds-largest-weekend-market/|website=Wanderlust and Lipstick}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Chatuchak Weekend Market in Bangkok, Thailand-Map-Layout.|url=http://www.guidetothailand.com/thailand-attractions/shopping-chatuchak.php|website=Guide to Thailand|access-date=2017-11-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171123091800/http://www.guidetothailand.com/thailand-attractions/shopping-chatuchak.php|archive-date=2017-11-23|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==History==
Chatuchak Market has been open since 1942.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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, Bangkok|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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> 

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jj-app.com/?p%3D97 |title=ประวัติตลาดนัดจตุจักร ตลาดนัดสวนจตุจักร (Jatujak Market) &#124; 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 }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

On Tuesday 11 June 2024, at about 4am, a fire broke out in the ornamental fish zone in [[List of markets in Bangkok#Markets|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.<ref name=2024-06-12_ABC>[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</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Economics==
Monthly stall rent for vendors at the market ranges from 10,600 to 17,700 [[Thai baht|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.<ref name="BP-20190129" />

==Trade in illegal wildlife==
Studies have shown that the Chatuchak Market is a centre for trade in [[Illegal wildlife trade in Thailand|illegal wildlife]].<ref name="Ching-2016"/><ref name=IUCN>{{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)}}</ref>

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".<ref name=Ching-2016>{{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}}</ref>{{RP|24-29}}<ref>{{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}}</ref>

== Market sections ==
*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)<ref name="Chatuchak" />

==Transport==
The market is served by the [[Kamphaeng Phet Road]] and is served by the [[Kamphaeng Phet MRT station|Kamphaeng Phet]] (western end) and [[Chatuchak Park MRT station|Chatuchak Park stations]] (eastern end) on the [[Blue Line (Bangkok)|MRT Blue Line]]. The eastern end of the market is also served by [[Mo Chit BTS station]] on the [[Sukhumvit Line]].
==Gallery==
<gallery>
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
</gallery>

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.chatuchakmarket.org/ Chatuchak Market Website]
*{{Wikivoyage-inline|Phahonyothin}}
{{commons category|Jatujak Market}}

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