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Nyaungdon
Sign in to saveNyaungdon ( ) is a town in the Ayeyarwady Region of south-west Myanmar on the Pan Hlaing River near the difluence with the Ayeyarwaddy River. It is the seat of the Nyaungdon Township in the Maubin District. It is divided into 10 wards.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Nyaungdon is referenced by 91 other articles, and connects out to Irrawaddy River, Maubin District and Myanmar.
Vinony files it under Populated places in Ayeyarwady Region and Township capitals of Myanmar.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- ညောင်တုန်း
- Region
- ဧရာဝတီတိုင်းဒေသကြီး
- Country
- မြန်မာ
- Population
- 40,092
- Timezone
- Asia/Yangon
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Myanmar
- Located in
- Nyaungdon Township
- Elevation
- 11
- Time zone
- UTC+06:30
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Encyclopedic overview
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Nyaungdon ( ) is a town in the Ayeyarwady Region of south-west Myanmar on the Pan Hlaing River near the difluence with the Ayeyarwaddy River. It is the seat of the Nyaungdon Township in the Maubin District. It is divided into 10 wards.
==History== The name Nyaungdon is thought have meant "boat dock" in the Mon language. A village by the name of Nyaungdon existed at the difluence of the Irrawaddy River and its distributary the Pan Hlaing River. The village was elevated to town status in 1884 by the British colonial government.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nyaungdon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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