Nyaung-U ( my, ညောင်ဦးမြို့) is the administrative town of
Nyaung-U Township of
Nyaung-U District in the
Mandalay Region
Mandalay Region ( my, မန္တလေးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Mandalay Division) is an administrative division of Myanmar. It is located in the center of the country, bordering Sagaing Region and Magway Region t ...
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 Wells explai ...
. 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. Orig ...
. It is just 4 kilometers away from old
Bagan, 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 ...
. 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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