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Khlong Khu Mueang Tawan Tok

Ban Chang Lo, Thailand

The Thonburi city moat is the collective name of many several waterways in the form of moats on the Thonburi side or the west bank of the Chao Phraya River, location of Thonburi Kingdom, the former capital of Thailand between the years 1767 to 1782 ruled by a single monarch, King Taksin. These moats were part of the city moat of the Thonburi Kingdom. They were canalized from natural water furrows surrounded by fruit orchards and green spaces that flow along the west bank of the Chao Phraya River, by order of King Taksin in 1771. The moats served as a fortress to protect the new capital, Thonburi, after the fall of Ayutthaya in 1767. Today, they occupy two adjacent districts of Bangkok: Bangkok Yai and Bangkok Noi. Some parts were also extend to the east bank of the Chao Phraya River, now known as Khlong Rop Krung and Khlong Khu Mueang Doem, they formed Rattanakosin Island. The moats were was called separately the name by the quarters that they passed through. Their origins were at the mouth of the Khlong Bangkok Yai next to the Wichai Prasit Fort (previously Bangkok Fort or Wichayen Fort), turn north up till it ends at the mouth of Khlong Bangkok Noi near the present-day Siriraj Hospital and Siriraj Bimuksthan Museum (former site of Bangkok Noi railway station). Each of the moats was named, and are as follows, from south to north, they are:

Canal data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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