Sagaing

Sagaing, classical name: Jeyyapura or Atulavatī, is a major city in of . It is located on the , 20 km to the south-west of on the opposite bank of the river.
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  • Type: City with 307,000 residents
  • Description: city
  • Also known as: “Sagang”, “Sikainas”, “Sitkaing”, “จักกาย”, and “สะแคง”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Umin Thonze Pagoda and Jade Pagoda.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Roger Price, CC BY 2.0.
The is a Buddhist , located in the Sagaing Hills, . The pagoda was founded by King Tarabya I of the Sagaing kingdom. It was renovated in 1643 and again in 1723.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Ninjastrikers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kyauksein Pagoda, formally known as the Varocana Kyauksein Zedi, is a Buddhist pagoda located on the outskirts of , , . The pagoda itself is covered with over 10,000 long tons of jade, rising to a height of 75 feet 6 inches, and is reputed to be the world's first .

Sagaing

Latitude
21.8774° or 21° 52′ 39″ north
Longitude
95.984° or 95° 59′ 2″ east
Population
307,000
Elevation
246 feet (75 metres)
Open location code
7MHQVXGM+XH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26576195
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1298482
Wiki­data ID
Q1018173
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Sagaing” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ساجينغ”
  • Asturian: “Sagaing”
  • Basque: “Sagaing”
  • Belarusian: “Сыгайн”
  • Burmese: “စစ်ကိုင်း”
  • Burmese: “စစ်ကိုင်းမြို့”
  • Catalan: “Sagaing”
  • Cebuano: “Sagaing”
  • Chinese: “实皆”
  • Chinese: “實皆”
  • Danish: “Sagaing”
  • Dutch: “Sagaing”
  • Esperanto: “Sagaing”
  • French: “Sagaing”
  • German: “Sagaing”
  • Hindi: “सगाइंग”
  • Indonesian: “Sagaing”
  • Italian: “Sagaing”
  • Japanese: “サガイン”
  • Korean: “사가잉”
  • Korean: “저가잉”
  • Latin: “Sagaing”
  • Lithuanian: “Sagainas”
  • Lithuanian: “Sagaingas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sagaing”
  • Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻသကုဲင်း”
  • Persian: “زاگاین”
  • Polish: “Sikong”
  • Portuguese: “Sagaing”
  • Portuguese: “Sagaingue”
  • Russian: “Сагайн”
  • Russian: “Сикайн”
  • Shan: “ၸႄႈၵႅင်း၊ ဝဵင်း”
  • Shan: “ဝဵင်းၸႄႈၵႅင်း”
  • Slovenian: “Sagaing”
  • Spanish: “Sagaing”
  • Swedish: “Sagaing”
  • Tajik: “Сикайн”
  • Tamil: “சாகைங்”
  • Thai: “ซะไกง์”
  • Thai: “สะกาย”
  • Ukrainian: “Сікайн”
  • Urdu: “ساگاینگ”
  • Vietnamese: “Sagaing”

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