Ala Wai Canal
The Ala Wai Canal is an artificial waterway in Honolulu, Hawaii which serves as the northern boundary of the tourist district of Waikiki. It was created in 1928 to drain the rice paddies and swamps which would eventually become Waikiki.
- Canal
- …lies at an elevation of 4 metres (13 feet)
- Description: canal in Honolulu, State of Hawaii, United States of America
Places of Interest
Highlights include Centennial Park Waikiki and Royal Hawaiian Center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waikiki and Moiliili.
Moiliili
Neighborhood
Mōʻiliʻili, Hawaii is a neighborhood of Honolulu CDP…
Ala Moana
Suburb
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Ala Moana is a commercial, retail, and residential district of Honolulu, Hawaii.
Ala Wai Canal
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
21.28198° or 21° 16′ 55″ north
Longitude
-157.82895° or 157° 49′ 44″ west
Open location code
73H475JC+QC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=canal
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Ala Wai Canal” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ala Wai Canal”
- Chinese: “阿拉威运河”
- Chinese: “阿拉威運河”
- Dutch: “Ala Wai Canal”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قناة الا واى”
- French: “canal Ala Wai”
- French: “Canal Ala Wai”
- German: “Ala Wai Canal”
- German: “Ala Wai”
- Japanese: “アラワイ運河”
- Russian: “Ала-Ваи (канал)”
- Russian: “Ала-Ваи”
- Welsh: “Camlas Ala Wai”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as McCully and Kapahulu.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Aloha Towers Condominium Pool and Lau‘ula Park.
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