Nyaung-U ( my, ညောင်ဦးမြို့) is the administrative town of
Nyaung-U Township
Nyaung-U Township is a township of Nyaung-U District in the Mandalay Division of Burma. Its administrative town is Nyaung-U
Nyaung-U ( my, ညောင်ဦးမြို့) is the administrative town of Nyaung-U Township of Nyaung-U Distri ...
of
Nyaung-U District
Nyaung-U is a district of the Mandalay Division in central Burma.
Townships
The district contains the following township
A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries.
...
in the
Mandalay Region
Mandalay Region ( my, မန္တလေးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Mandalay Division) is an administrative divisions of Myanmar, administrative division of Myanmar. It is located in the center of the country, bordering ...
of central
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 lies on the eastern bank of
Ayeyarwaddy River
The Irrawaddy River ( Ayeyarwady River; , , from Indic ''revatī'', meaning "abounding in riches") is a river that flows from north to south through Myanmar (Burma). It is the country's largest river and most important commercial waterway. Origi ...
. It is just 4 kilometers away from old
Bagan
Bagan (, ; formerly Pagan) is an ancient city and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar. From the 9th to 13th centuries, the city was the capital of the Bagan Kingdom, the first kingdom that unified the regions that wou ...
, a popular tourist attraction. The
Shwezigon Pagoda
The Shwezigon Pagoda or Shwezigon Paya ( my-Mymr, ရွှေစည်းခုံဘုရား ) is a Buddhist stupa located in Nyaung-U, Myanmar. A prototype of Burmese stupas, it consists of a circular gold leaf-gilded stupa surrounded b ...
is located there. The other popular places in and around Nyaung-U were
* Htilominlo Pagoda
* Gubyaukgyi Pagoda
* Ahlodawpyae Pagoda and
* Hgnet Pyit Taung Hill
It is the home of
Nyaung U Airport
Nyaung U Airport ( my, ပုဂံညောင်ဦးလေဆိပ်) is an airport located in Nyaung-U (or Nyaung Oo), a town in the Mandalay Region, Myanmar. It is the primary air gateway to the ancient sites of Bagan and surrounding a ...
. It can be reached by air, by railway, by bus and by boat.
The 8.10 inches (203 mm) rainfall of 19 Oct 2011 was the record breaking one for past 47 years. The previous record was 5.67 inches (144 mm) of 9 Oct 1989. It has a population of 48,528.
Climate
References
External links
Satellite map at Maplandia.com* http://m.naim.my/the-market-at-nyaung-u/
* http://www.exoticmyanmartravel.com/nyaung_u.htm
Populated places in Mandalay Region
Township capitals of Myanmar
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