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Pyinmana
Sign in to savePyinmana (, ; population: 100,000 (2006 estimate)) is a logging town and sugarcane refinery center in the Naypyidaw Union Territory of Myanmar. The administrative capital of Myanmar was officially moved to a militarized greenfield site (which the leader, Than Shwe, dubbed Naypyidaw, or Royal City) two miles (3.2 km) west of Pyinmana on November 6, 2005. As of 2014, the city has an urban population of 72,010.
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Place details
- Locality
- ပျဉ်းမနား
- Region
- နေပြည်တော် ပြည်ထောင်စုနယ်မြေ
- Country
- မြန်မာ
- Population
- 97,409
- Timezone
- Asia/Yangon
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.native_name
- ပျဉ်းမနားမြို့
- Settlement.official_name
- Pyinmana
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Burma
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Pyinmana, Myanmar (Burma)
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Pyinmana, Myanmar (Burma) - panoramio (3).jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 270px
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Territory
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Naypyidaw Union Territory
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Pyinmana District
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Pyinmana Township
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2006 est.
- Settlement.population_blank1
- Bamar, Burmese Indians, Kayin
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Climate
- Notable residents
- See also
- References
Pyinmana (, ; population: 100,000 (2006 estimate)) is a logging town and sugarcane refinery center in the Naypyidaw Union Territory of Myanmar. The administrative capital of Myanmar was officially moved to a militarized greenfield site (which the leader, Than Shwe, dubbed Naypyidaw, or Royal City) two miles (3.2 km) west of Pyinmana on November 6, 2005. As of 2014, the city has an urban population of 72,010.
During World War II, Pyinmana was the base of the Burma Independence Army (later renamed and reorganized into the Burma Defence Army by the Japanese).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pyinmana” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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