Paungbyin

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Paungbyin
ဖောင်းြင်
Pyaungbin, Phaungbyin
Town
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Paungbyin
Location in Burma
Coordinates: 24°16′06″N94°48′54″E / 24.26833°N 94.81500°E / 24.26833; 94.81500 Coordinates: 24°16′06″N94°48′54″E / 24.26833°N 94.81500°E / 24.26833; 94.81500
Country Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar
Region Flag of Sagaing Division.svg  Sagaing Region
District Mawlaik
Township Paungbyin Township
Elevation 146 m (482 ft)
Time zone MST (UTC+6.30)

Paungbyin, [1] also known as Pyaungbin [2] or Phaungbyin, is a town in Mawlaik District, Sagaing Division, of Myanmar, on the Chindwin River. It is the principal town of Paungbyin Township.

Mawlaik District District in Sagaing Region, Burma

Mawlaik District is a district in central Sagaing Division of Burma (Myanmar). Its administrative center is the town of Mawlaik.

Myanmar Republic in Southeast Asia

Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma, is a country in Southeast Asia. Myanmar is bordered by India and Bangladesh to its west, Thailand and Laos to its east and China to its north and northeast. Myanmar is the largest of the mainland Southeast Asian states.To its south, about one third of Myanmar's total perimeter of 5,876 km (3,651 mi) forms an uninterrupted coastline of 1,930 km (1,200 mi) along the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. The country's 2014 census counted the population to be 51 million people. As of 2017, the population is about 54 million. Myanmar is 676,578 square kilometres in size. Its capital city is Naypyidaw, and its largest city and former capital is Yangon (Rangoon). Myanmar has been a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) since 1997.

Chindwin River river in Myanmar

The Chindwin or, officially, Chindwinn River is a river in Burma (Myanmar), and the largest tributary of the country's chief river the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy). It flows entirely within Burma and is known as Ning-thi to the Meiteis.

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References

  1. "Paungbyin". GEOnet Names Server . United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
  2. "Paungbin". GEOnet Names Server . United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.