ROMANIH NAHT PARK

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Suan Romanih Naht (สวนรมณีนาถ) is the Thai name of a public park in Bangkok, located on Mahachai Road, on the grounds of a former maximum security prison. Literally, the name could be translated as ‘garden of the joyful woman who is dependable’. The name, however, was coined by Queen Sirikit and the term naht (นาถ) at the end was taken from the end of a title used to refer to the Queen, i.e. Phra Boromma Rajanih Naht (พระบรมราชินีนาถ), and the park's name is hence understood to mean the ‘Garden that pleased the Queen’. In 1991, the government decided to demolish the old prison and turn the area into a 29 rai, 3 ngan and 72 square wah large park, to commemorate the occasion of Queen Sirikit's 60th Birthday Anniversary in 1992. The park was officially opened on 17 August 1999, in the presence of Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, the later King Rama X. One of its attractions today is the Corrections Museum, which is partly built in what remains of the former prison. In English, it is referred to as Romanih Naht Park and also transliterated Romannih Naht Park and Romanee Naat Park, amongst others. Besides a fitness area, the park also features a basketball court, a jogging track, and a skateboard area.