Khlong Maha Nak
in Bangkok, ThailandCategory: Attraction
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2/1 ถนน บริพัตร Khwaeng Ban Bat, Khet Pom Prap Sattru Phai, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10100, Thailand Print route »
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Khlong Maha Nak (Thai: คลองมหานาค) is a khlong (canal) in Bangkok and considered one of Bangkok's oldest canals. It starts from Khlong Rop Krung (old city moat) in the area of Mahakan Fort and Wat Saket's Golden Mount and continues to the east until ends at the intersection with Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem and Khlong Saen Saep tote distance 1.3 km (0.8 mi).The canal was canalize by the royal intention of King Phutthayotfa Chulalok (Rama I) in 1783 after establishment of Rattanakosin kingdom (today's Bangkok) only one year, used as a waterway for people to boating and playing Khlon Sakkawa (กลอนสักวา; a kind of Thai poem). An ancient culture that has been around since Ayutthaya period. Its name "Maha Nak" is derived from the namesake canal used in the old Ayutthaya kingdom. It's believed that, it received this name from a monk named "Maha Nak", who initiated the canalize for use in the war after the end of Burmese–Siamese War (1547–49) shortly.
At the end of the canal is connected with Khlong Saen Saep and Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem. It's a place where people often paddle and pass as the main waterway since the early Rattanakosin perioed. Later in the reign of King Mongkut (Rama IV) and Chulalongkorn (Rama V) it has become a famous and popular floating market implicitly. Since it's a route to Chachoengsao province, eastern by Khlong Saen Saep. The same area nowadays has become the wholesale market for cheap clothes as Bobae Market and is the largest wholesale fruits market in Bangkok named Maha Nak Market or Saphan Khao Market. Including become the administrative district of two khwaeng (sub-districts) under Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), namely Si Yaek Maha Nak in Dusit and Khlong Maha Nak in Pom Prap Sattru Phai district.
Moreover, at the end of the Khlong Maha Nak is also home to one of the oldest Muslim communities in Bangkok, is Maha Nak Community. They have Maha Nak Masajid as the center of the community.
