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Nyaung-U
Sign in to saveNyaung-U () is the administrative town of Nyaung-U Township of Nyaung-U District in the Mandalay Region of central Myanmar. It lies on the eastern bank of Ayeyarwady River. It is just 4 kilometers away from old Bagan, a popular tourist attraction. The Shwezigon Pagoda is located there. The other popular places in and around Nyaung-U were Htilominlo Pagoda Gubyaukgyi Pagoda Ahlodawpyae Pagoda and Hgnet Pyit Taung Hill
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Place details
- Locality
- ညောင်ဦး
- Region
- မန္တလေးတိုင်း
- Country
- မြန်မာ
- Population
- 48,528
- Timezone
- Asia/Yangon
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Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.official_name
- Nyaung-U
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Burma
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Burma
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Nyaung-U, Bagan, Myanmar, The shores of Irrawaddy River.jpg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Division
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Nyaung-U District
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Township
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Nyaung-U Township
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_total
- 48,528
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2014
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.population_blank2
- Buddhism
- Settlement.population_blank2_title
- Religions
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Nyaung-U () is the administrative town of Nyaung-U Township of Nyaung-U District in the Mandalay Region of central Myanmar. It lies on the eastern bank of Ayeyarwady River. It is just 4 kilometers away from old Bagan, a popular tourist attraction. The Shwezigon Pagoda is located there. The other popular places in and around Nyaung-U were Htilominlo Pagoda Gubyaukgyi Pagoda Ahlodawpyae Pagoda and Hgnet Pyit Taung Hill
It is the home of Nyaung U Airport. It can be reached by air, by railway, by bus and by boat.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nyaung-U” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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