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Pathein Airport | |||||||||||
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| Location | Pathein, Myanmar | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 13 ft / 4 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 16°48′55″N094°46′48″E / 16.81528°N 94.78000°E | ||||||||||
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  BSX Location of airport in Myanmar | |||||||||||
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Pathein Airport( IATA : BSX, ICAO : VYPN) is an airport in Pathein, Myanmar. It has one runway. [1]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Myanmar National Airlines | Thandwe, Yangon |
The government of Myanmar has two ministries controlling transportation, the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Rail Transport.
Ayeyarwady Region is a region of Myanmar, occupying the delta region of the Ayeyarwady River. It is bordered by the Rakhine State to the northwest, the Bago Region to the north, Bago Region and Yangon Region to the east, and the Bay of Bengal to the south and west.
Pathein, formerly called Bassein, is the largest city and the capital of the Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar (Burma). It is located 190 km (120 mi) west of Yangon within Pathein Township on the bank of the Pathein River (Pathein), which is a western branch of the Irrawaddy River, the city had a population of 172,923 in 2019. Although once a part of the Mon kingdoms, Pathein has few ethnic Mon residents today. The majority are of Bamar with a significant Karen, Burmese Indian, Rakhine and Burmese Chinese populations.
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The Pathein Cultural Museum is a museum in Pathein, Ayeyarwady Division in Burma.
Pathein Township is a township of Pathein District in the Ayeyawady Region of Myanmar. The administrative seat of the Township, District and Region is Pathein. The city of Pathein is the largest city in the Region and has historically been an important center of trade, including a deepwater port.
Pathein District is a district of Ayeyawady Division, Myanmar. It is located around and includes the urban area of the city of Pathein. The area of the Pathein District is 10,899.8 km2 (4,208.4 sq mi). Its population was 1,630,716 in 2014.
Kangyidaunt Township is a township of the Pathein District in the Ayeyarwady Division of Myanmar. It is located on the eastern edge of Pathein District, bordering the townships of Einme and Myaunmya in Myaungmya District. Within Pathein District, Kangyidaunt Township is bordered by Kyaunggon Township to the northeast, Thabaung Township to the north, Pathein Township to the west, and Ngapudaw Township to the southwest. Kangyidaunt Township consists of 1 town, 7 wards, 73 village tracts and 386 villages. The principal town is Kangyidaunt. It may also be spelled as Kangyidaung.
Thabaung Township is a township of Pathein District in the Ayeyarwady Region of Myanmar. The principal town is Thabaung.
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Chaungtha is a town and beach resort located in Shwethaungyan Subtownship, Pathein Township, Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar. Chaungtha Beach, as it is more commonly known, is about 5 hours' drive away from Yangon, and is a popular resort with Yangonites from October to April. As it is relatively more affordable than the nearby Ngwesaung and Ngapali beaches, Chaungtha is also more crowded and less clean than the two more expensive and better maintained beaches.
Ngwesaung, also spelt Ngwe Hsaung, is a beach resort located 48 km west of Pathein, Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar. It is the namesake of Ngwesaung Subtownship, Pathein Township. In 2014, the town of Ngwesaung had 10,732 people. The beach is 5 hours drive, with no traffic, away from the principal city of Yangon, and an airport is in the works. Buses leave at 6am & 9:30pm from in front of the Yangon Central Railway Station. Opened in March 2000, Ngwe Hsaung is newer than nearby and more popular Chaung Thar Beach, and is designed to attract people with larger holiday budgets.
Technological University (Pathein) is situated at the Apin-ne-se village which is in Pathein District, the Ayeyawady Division, Myanmar. It was opened on 27 December 1999 as Government Technological College (G.T.C) and became Technological University (Pathein) on 20 January 2007. The university is run by Ministry of Education (Myanmar).
Ngathaingchaung or Ngathainggyaung and sometimes Nga-thaing Chaung and Ngatheingkhyonng is a town and sub-township in Yegyi Township, Pathein District of Ayeyarwady Region in Myanmar. The GMT time is +6.5 hours.
Pathein halawa is a traditional Burmese dessert or mont. The dessert is a pudding cooked using glutinous rice flour, rice flour, coconut, sugar, poppy seeds, butter, and milk, and has 2 primary variants: wet and dry. The dessert was first sold in Bassein, an Irrawaddy Delta town in the 1930s, and is now considered a delicacy of Pathein.
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