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Also known as Preparis Island

Preparis Island is an island which is part of the Yangon Region of Myanmar. Together, with the other Andaman Islands (the majority of which are a union territory of India), it marks the boundary between the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. The island has a population of 50 and a total area of .

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Preparis Island is an island which is part of the Yangon Region of Myanmar. Together, with the other Andaman Islands (the majority of which are a union territory of India), it marks the boundary between the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. The island has a population of 50 and a total area of .

The island is to the SSW of Cape Negrais, the nearest point on the Myanmar mainland and south of the capital, Yangon. The five Coco Islands (also part of Myanmar) are to the south.

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