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Also known as Yawnghwe

Nyaungshwe (), is the principal town of Nyaungshwe Township in southwestern Shan State, Myanmar. The town of Nyaungshwe comprises 8 wards, namely Kantha, Thasi, Nandawun, Myole, Win, Nangpang, Mingala, and Maineli. In 2014, the town had 14,072 people. In 2019, the town's population was 14,007. The Nandawun ward is the most popoulous ward with 5,852 residents in 2019.

Key facts

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Nyaungshwe
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Myanmar
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Location within Myanmar
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Nyaung_Shwe_Sunrise_(27544417877).jpg
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Sunrise over Nyaungshwe
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Country
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State
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District
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Kalaw District
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Township
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Nyaungshwe Township
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Imperial
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1.376
Settlement.population_total
14007
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2019
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auto
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19

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Wikidata facts

Country
Myanmar
Population
1300
Elevation
889
Time zone
UTC+06:30
Image
Nyaung Shwe-08-Kanal-gje.jpg
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Commons category
Nyaung Shwe
different from
Nyaungshwe Township
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Nyaungshwe (), is the principal town of Nyaungshwe Township in southwestern Shan State, Myanmar. The town of Nyaungshwe comprises 8 wards, namely Kantha, Thasi, Nandawun, Myole, Win, Nangpang, Mingala, and Maineli. In 2014, the town had 14,072 people. In 2019, the town's population was 14,007. The Nandawun ward is the most popoulous ward with 5,852 residents in 2019.

Nyaungshwe is the tourist hub for visiting Inle Lake and Inlay Lake Wetland Sanctuary. It consists of one main thoroughfare with numerous side streets and a few parallel roads. The main street has numerous shops, several restaurants, a few stupas, travel agencies and a market (located behind the storefronts). Near the end of this road, a bridge crosses the river channel near an impressive mirror-tiled stupa.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nyaungshwe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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