250px, Khlong Chong Nonsi and its public park in 2021. Khlong Chong Nonsi ( th, คลองช่องนนทรี, ) is a ''

khlong A ''khlong'' ( th, คลอง, ), alternatively spelt as ''klong'' () commonly refers to a canal in Thailand. These canals are spawned by the rivers Chao Phraya, Tha Chin, and Mae Klong, along with their tributaries particularly in the low-ly ...

'' (canal) in Bangkok's economic and financial district as well as the nearby

Khlong Sathon Sathon Road ( th, ถนนสาทร, , ; also ''Sathorn'' or ''Satorn'') is a major road that passes through the districts of Bang Rak and Sathon in central Bangkok, Thailand. It is an important transportation link between Phra Nakhon and Tho ...

. Khlong Chong Nonsi runs from Surawong road all the way down to the

Chao Phraya river The Chao Phraya ( or ; th, แม่น้ำเจ้าพระยา, , or ) is the major river in Thailand, with its low alluvial plain forming the centre of the country. It flows through Bangkok and then into the Gulf of Thailand. Et ...

. It covers a distance of through districts of Bang Rak,

Sathon Sathon or Sathorn ( th, สาทร, ) is one of the 50 districts (''khet'') of Bangkok, Thailand. The district is bounded by six other districts (from north clockwise): Bang Rak, Pathum Wan, Khlong Toei, Yan Nawa, Bang Kho Laem, and Khlon ...

and Yan Nawa. It is also the origin of the name Chong Nonsi. One of the two ''

khwaeng A ''khwaeng'' (, ) is an administrative subdivision used in the fifty districts of Bangkok and a few other city municipalities in Thailand. Currently, there are 180 ''khwaeng'' in Bangkok. A ''khwaeng'' is roughly equivalent to a ''tambon'' in othe ...

s'' (sub-district) in Yan Nawa district, where it empties into the Chao Phraya river. Currently, it runs parallel to the entire length of Narathiwat Ratchanakarin road. Somephases it crosses with other roads such as

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Rama III Nangklao ( th, พระบาทสมเด็จพระนั่งเกล้าเจ้าอยู่หัว, ; 31 March 1788 – 2 April 1851), birth name Thap ( th, ทับ), also styled Rama III, was the third king of Siam ...

. The BTS SkyTrain Silom Line is at the northern end and the BRT bus runs up and down most of the canal. The width of the mouth of the canal is about , and the phase runs along Narathiwat Ratchanakarin road is about – wide. Its name "Chong Nonsi" is believed to be distorted from the word "Chong Nang Ni" (ช่องนางหนี) which means "a channel that lady escaped". It comes from a

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titled ''"Legend of Lord U Thong"'', the story about an Ayutthaya mythical king named U Thong, who escaped cholera to various places and gave rise to the names of different places later on. A 2018 survey found that Khlong Chong Nonsi, especially the intersection of

Silom Si Lom Road (also written as Silom, th, สีลม, ) is a major street in the Thai capital Bangkok, best known for its commercial neighbourhood, which, along with the nearby and roughly parallel Sathon Road, forms one of the city's main bus ...

and Surawong roads, was the dirtiest in Bangkok.

Chong Nonsi Canal Park

On December 25, 2021, the

Chong Nonsi Canal Park Chong Nonsi Canal Park (Thai: สวนสาธารณะคลองช่องนนทรี) is a linear park in Khlong Chong Nonsi, Sathorn, Bangkok. Designed by Thai landscape architecture firm Landprocess, the first of five phases of ...

was opened by Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA). It is the first phase of the Khlong Chong Nonsi restoration project with a distance of from the total project distance of . The construction period is divided into four phases.

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