Bilin ( my, ဘီးလင်းမြို့; mnw, ၜဳက္လေၚ်) is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

in the

Mon State Mon State ( my, မွန်ပြည်နယ်, ; mnw, တွဵုရးဍုင်မန်, italics=no) is an administrative division of Myanmar. It lies between Kayin State to the east, the Andaman Sea to the west, Bago Region to the ...

of south-east

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

. It is the seat of

Bilin Township Bilin Township ( my, ဘီးလင်းမြို့နယ်) is a township of Thaton District in the Mon State of Myanmar. Its seat is the town of Bilin. The Kelatha Wildlife Sanctuary Kelatha Wildlife Sanctuary ( my, ကေလာသ တ ...

. The Yangon-Mawlamyine Highway passes through Belin. The nearby Belin River flows into the

Gulf of Martaban A gulf is a large inlet from the ocean into the landmass, typically with a narrower opening than a bay, but that is not observable in all geographic areas so named. The term gulf was traditionally used for large highly-indented navigable bodie ...

. The majority of residents are

Bamar The Bamar (, ; also known as the Burmans) are a Sino-Tibetan ethnic group native to Myanmar (formerly Burma) in Southeast Asia. With approximately 35 million people, the Bamar make up the largest ethnic group in Myanmar, constituting 68% of th ...

, and there are also members of the Kayin and

Pa-O , native_name_lang = my , image = Pa O Tribe Kalaw Shan Myanmar.jpg , caption = A Pa'O woman near Kalaw, southern Shan State , population = 1,400,000 (2014 est.) , popplace = Myanmar, Thailand , rels ...

ethnic group An ethnic group or an ethnicity is a grouping of people who identify with each other on the basis of shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups. Those attributes can include common sets of traditions, ancestry, language, history, ...

s. The majority of people are

Buddhists Buddhism ( , ), also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya (), is an Indian religion or philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha. It originated in northern India as a -movement in the 5th century BCE, and gra ...

. Belin Township is home to the famous

Kyaikhtisaung Pagoda Kyaikhtisaung Pagoda ( my, ကျိုက်ထီးဆောင်းစေတီ) is a Buddhist pagoda in Bilin, Mon State, Myanmar. Geography Kyaik Htee Saung Pagoda is located on a laterite stone hillock near the town of Bilin. The hillo ...

located on a laterite stone hillock near Zoke Thoke village. The hillock itself was formed by laying laterite stones in squares of diminishing size on top of each other.

References

External links

Satellite map at Maplandia.comMap of Bilin, Myanmar, Asia - Collins Maps
Township capitals of Myanmar Populated places in Mon State {{Mon-geo-stub