Paung
Paung is a town in the Mon State of south-east Myanmar. Mt.Nwar-la-boet in Kyon Ka Village is well known and at the top of the mountain, pilgrims can pay homage to the small stupa in which sacred hair relic of Buddha is enshrined.Paung
- Type: City with 29,400 residents
- Description: human settlement in Myanmar
- Categories: human settlement, town in Myanmar, and locality
- Location: Paung Township, Thaton District, Mon State, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
16.61929° or 16° 37′ 9″ northLongitude
97.45625° or 97° 27′ 23″ eastPopulation
29,400Elevation
52 feet (16 metres)Open location code
7M8VJF94+PGOpenStreetMap ID
node 5065154859OpenStreetMap feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
1301005Wikidata ID
Q7155434
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Thai—“Paung” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ပေါင်မြို့”
- Chinese: “榜镇”
- Dutch: “Paung”
- Irish: “Paung”
- Japanese: “パウン”
- Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻပေါင်”
- Shan: “ပွင်ႇ၊ ဝဵင်း”
- Shan: “ဝဵင်းပွင်ႇ”
- Swedish: “Paung”
- Thai: “ปอง”
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