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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.
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  • Type: Canal
  • Description: canal in Honolulu, State of Hawaii, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Ala-wai Canal” and “Alawai Canal”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Centennial Park Waikiki and U.S. Army Museum of Hawaii.

Park
Photo: Peaceray, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Museum
Photo: Icewedge, Public domain.
The is a U.S. Department of Defense-owned housed inside Battery Randolph, a former coastal artillery battery, located at Fort DeRussy Military Reservation.

Hotel
Photo: Peaceray, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hotel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waikiki and Moiliili.

Photo: Luis Argerich, CC BY 2.0.
One of the best-known beaches in the world, is a famous district of the city of , on the of . Sandwiched between the Ala Wai Canal and the ocean in the shadow of the towering Diamond Head crater, is noted for being the tourist center of the Hawaiian Islands.

Neighborhood
Mōʻiliʻili, Hawaii is a neighborhood of Honolulu CDP, City and County of Honolulu, , on the island of Oahu. Its name means “pebble lizard” in Hawaiian.

Suburb
Photo: public domain, Public domain.
is a commercial, retail, and residential district of Honolulu, Hawaii. It is located between and to the east, and and to the west.

Ala Wai Canal

Latitude
21.28198° or 21° 16′ 55″ north
Longitude
-157.82895° or 157° 49′ 44″ west
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
Open location code
73H475JC+QC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 147237345
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­canal
Geo­Names ID
5856167
Wiki­data ID
Q1700726
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Satellite Map

Discover Ala Wai Canal from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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”
  • German: “Ala Wai Canal”
  • German: “Ala Wai”
  • Japanese: “アラワイ運河”
  • 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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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ala Wai Canal”. Photo: Travis.Thurston, CC BY-SA 3.0.