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Nyaung-U

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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

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Place details

Locality
ညောင်ဦး
Region
မန္တလေးတိုင်း
Country
မြန်မာ
Population
48,528
Timezone
Asia/Yangon

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Key facts

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Town
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Nyaung-U
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Burma
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Location in Burma
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Nyaung-U, Bagan, Myanmar, The shores of Irrawaddy River.jpg
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Country
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Division
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District
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Nyaung-U District
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Township
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Nyaung-U Township
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Imperial
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48,528
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2014
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Ethnicities
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Buddhism
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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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