The district is sub-divided into four sub-district (Khwaeng).
1. Thung Phaya Thai ทุ่งพญาไท
2. Thanon Phaya Thai ถนนพญาไท
3. Thanon Phetchaburi ถนนเพชรบุรี
4. Makkasan มักกะสัน

Baiyoke Tower (151 meters high, 43 floors) and Baiyoke Tower II (304 m, 85 fl) are the former and the current tallest buildings in Bangkok that cannot be missed from the skyline. They are located in proximity in the area known as Pratu Nam.

Suan Pakkad Palaceis a museum exhibiting Thai antiques, from ancient to recent ones. The museum compound contains eight traditional wooden Thai houses with exhibits inside.

The old Ban Chiang pottery dates back to 4,000 years ago is among one of the highlight exhibits and is located in a modern Chumbhot-Pantip gallery building.

Pratu Nam (Thai: ประตูน้ำ) is an area renowned for low-cost clothes. Not evident from outside on Phet Buri Road, there are hundreds and hundreds of small clothes shops along the small pedestrian lanes and the shopping complexes inside, both wholesale and retail. The easiest entrance to Pratu Nam is walking southward from Baiyoke Tower. The shops now extend to various malls in the area such as City Complex, Pratunam Plaza, and The Platinum Fashion Mall.

Pantip Plaza is the biggest shopping center about IT in Thailand. There you can find computers (brandname and self assembled from components), computer accessories, software, music, movies (legal and illegal), mobile phones and digital cameras.

Diplomatic missions

Embassy of East Timor
Embassy of Indonesia

Transportation

• Victory Monument
  (RTGS: Anusawari Chai Samoraphum)
• Phaya Thai
  
• Ratchathewi

• A6 Makkasan
  (City Air Terminal)
• A7 Ratchaprarop
  
• A8 Phaya Thai

BTS skytrain - Three stations: Ratchathewi, Phaya Thai and Victory Monument.

Express boats - Khlong Saen Saeb, in the southern district border.