Also known as Prome, Pyè
Pyay, and formerly anglicised as Prome, is the principal town of Pyay Township in the Bago Region in Myanmar. Pyay is located on the bank of the Irrawaddy River, north-west of Yangon. It is an important trade center for the Ayeyarwady Delta, Central and Upper Myanmar and the Rakhine (Arakan) State. The British Irrawaddy Flotilla Company established the current town in the late 19th century on the Irrawaddy as a transshipment point for cargo between Upper and Lower Burma. Pyay is also the terminus of Yangon-Pyay Railway which is the first railway line in Burma (Myanmar) opened on 1 May 1877. Th
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Place details
- Locality
- ပြည်
- Region
- ပဲခူးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး
- Country
- မြန်မာ
- Population
- 135,308
- Timezone
- Asia/Yangon
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Pyay
- Settlement.other_name
- Prome
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Burma(Myanmar)
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Pyay_City_Jan_2012.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- The view of Pyay and Irrawaddy River from Shwesandaw Pagoda
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Division
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Pyay District
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Township
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Pyay Township
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 34.48
- Settlement.population_urban
- 134,861
- Settlement.population_metro
- 251,643
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2014
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Myanmar
- Located in
- Pagan kingdom
- Population
- 134861
- Elevation
- 115
- Time zone
- UTC+06:30
- Capital of
- Pyay District
- Image
- Shwesandaw Pagoda.jpg
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- Commons category
- Pyay, Myanmar
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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