Skip to content
Prome
EntityQ691747· pop 30· linked from 424 articles

Also known as 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

Weather now

cached 2301h ago
26°overcast clouds
89% 2.4 m/s OpenWeatherMap

7-day forecast

via Open-Meteo

Place details

Locality
ပြည်
Region
ပဲခူးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး
Country
မြန်မာ
Population
135,308
Timezone
Asia/Yangon

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Air quality

21US AQIGood
PM2.5
3.9 µg/m³
PM10
4.2 µg/m³
As of 2026-08-12 09:30 · Open-Meteo

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

via Wikipedia infobox

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
Show 2 more facts
Commons category
Pyay, Myanmar
Sources (1)

via Wikidata · CC0

Article · Português

Prome, hoje Pyay (birmanês ပ္ရည္), é uma cidade e um distrito da Birmânia situados a oeste da divisão de Pegu, 161 Km ao Norte de Rangoon. A sua população era de 83,000 habitantes em 1983. A alguns quilómetros da velha cidade de Prome encontra-se a aldeia de , sítio da antiga capital do reino de (séculos VII - XI). A nova cidade foi fundada pelos británicos no fim do século XIX, para servir de porto fluvial intermediário entre a Alta Birmânia e a Baixa Birmânia.

Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA

Gallery (14)

On the map