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Pyapon (; , ) is a town and seat of Pyapon District as well as Pyapon Township in the Ayeyarwady Region of Myanmar, along the Pyapon River, a distributary of the Ayeyarwady River. It is located about inland from the Andaman Sea, about south of the previous capital, Yangon. In 2023, it had a population of 47,082. It serves as a center for collecting rice from the surrounding agricultural areas, and is home to a diesel-run power plant, using equipment by the German firm Siemens.

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Locality
ဖျာပုံမြို့
Region
ဧရာဝတီတိုင်းဒေသကြီး
Country
မြန်မာ
Population
47,082
Timezone
Asia/Yangon

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Settlement.name
Pyapon
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map
Myanmar
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location within Myanmar
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Pyapon District
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Township
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Pyapon Township
Settlement.unit_pref
Imperial
Settlement.area_total_km2
10.75
Settlement.population_total
47,082
Settlement.population_as_of
2023
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.elevation_ft
14
Settlement.elevation_m
4.3
Settlement.timezone
Myanmar Standard Time

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Population
76741
Elevation
8
Image
Kyonkadun house 2018.jpg
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Pyapon (; , ) is a town and seat of Pyapon District as well as Pyapon Township in the Ayeyarwady Region of Myanmar, along the Pyapon River, a distributary of the Ayeyarwady River. It is located about inland from the Andaman Sea, about south of the previous capital, Yangon. In 2023, it had a population of 47,082. It serves as a center for collecting rice from the surrounding agricultural areas, and is home to a diesel-run power plant, using equipment by the German firm Siemens.

Tourists and visitors to Pyapon cruise in the nearby backwaters where nearby mangroves are home to birds, crocodiles and, occasionally, dolphins.

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