{{short description|Canal in Bangkok, Thailand}} {{Use DMY dates|date=March 2024}} [[File:(2022) คลองรอบกรุง กรุงเทพมหานคร (7).jpg|thumb|Khlong Ong Ang in 2022]] '''Khlong Ong Ang''' ({{langx|th|คลองโอ่งอ่าง}}, {{IPA|th|kʰlɔ̄ːŋ ʔòːŋ ʔàːŋ|pron}}) is a canal ([[khlong]]) that forms part of the outer moat (Khlong Rop Krung) and marks the eastern edge of [[Rattanakosin Island]] in [[Bangkok]].<ref>{{Cite news |first1=Poramet |last1=Tangsathaporn |first2=Supoj |last2=Wancharoen |title=Visitors flock to Klong Ong Ang |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/social-and-lifestyle/2090667/visitors-flock-to-klong-ong-ang |date=28 March 2021 |access-date=2024-03-06 |work=Bangkok Post |language=en}}</ref> It is in fact the same waterway as Khlong Bang Lamphu, but the names differ depending on the section. The upper part, which flows through the [[Bang Lamphu]] area, is known as Khlong Bang Lamphu, while the lower section is referred to as Khlong Ong Ang. Both sections eventually empty into the [[Chao Phraya river]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1187816686682223&set=a.510898487707383&locale=th_TH|work=Facebook|author=Lung Tanai|title=คลองโอ่งอ่าง พระนคร กรุงเทพฯ พ.ศ.2435|language=thai|date=2025-02-20|accessdate=2025-08-01}}</ref>
In 2020, the canal was restored by the [[Bangkok Metropolitan Administration]] (BMA) to feature a walking street and night market.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-13 |title=Bangkok canal wins Asian landscape improvement award |url=https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/30403649 |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=The Nation |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last= Karnjanatawe |first=Karnjana |title=Hipsters unite |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/travel/2025751/hipsters-unite |date=26 November 2020 |access-date=2024-03-06 |work=Bangkok Post |language=en}}</ref> The restoration won a 2020 [[United Nations Human Settlements Programme]] (UN-Habitat) Asian Townscape Award.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-19 |title=More Bangkok canals being spruced up to improve people's quality of life |url=https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/30403897 |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=The Nation |language=en}}</ref> The Khlong Ong Ang Walking Street runs along both sides of the canal, from [[Saphan Han|Saphan Han Bridge]] to [[Damrong Sathit Bridge]].<ref>{{Cite news |first=Pongpet |last=Mekloy |title=Bangkok's new walking street |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/travel/2014363/bangkoks-new-walking-street |date=5 November 2020 |access-date=2024-03-06 |work=Bangkok Post |language=en}}</ref>
Its name means "the canal of jars and bowls" because the area was once a trading hub for jars and pottery, particularly among [[Mon people|Mon]] and [[Sino-Thai|Chinese]] merchants.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://readthecloud.co/history-of-khlong-ong-ang/|title=จดจำโอ่งอ่าง|language=thai|accessdate=2025-03-27|date=2022-07-19|first1=Pattadon|last1=Kijchainukul|first2=Panita|last2=Pichitharuthai |work=The Cloud|trans-title=Remember Ong Ang}}</ref>
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