Pantanaw
Pantanaw is a town in the Ayeyarwady Region of south-west Myanmar. It is the seat of the Pantanaw Township in the Maubin District. It is the hometown of former Secretary-General of the United Nations U Thant, who was known in Burmese naming convention as Pantanaw U Thant.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Pantanaw
- Type: Town with 265,000 residents
- Description: human settlement in Myanmar
- Categories: human settlement, town in Myanmar, and locality
- Location: Pantanaw Township, Ma-ubin District, Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
16.98311° or 16° 58′ 59″ northLongitude
95.46662° or 95° 27′ 60″ eastPopulation
265,000Elevation
46 feet (14 metres)Open location code
7M8QXFM8+6JOpenStreetMap ID
node 268034248OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
1301405Wikidata ID
Q7131647
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Slovenian—“Pantanaw” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ပန်းတနော်မြို့”
- Chinese: “班達諾”
- Dutch: “Pantanaw”
- German: “Pantanaw”
- Irish: “Pantanaw”
- Japanese: “パンタナウ”
- Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻပန်းတနော်”
- Shan: “ပၢၼ်းတၼေႃႇ၊ ဝဵင်း”
- Shan: “ဝဵင်းပၢၼ်းတၼေႃႇ”
- Slovenian: “Pantanaw”
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