Pindaya
Pindaya is the capital of the Danu Self-Administered Zone in Shan State, east-central Myanmar. It is located in Pindaya Township. Mainly famous for its limestone caves called Pindaya Caves where thousands of Buddha images have been consecrated for worship over the centuries, it is also one of the towns that host an itinerant market every fifth day.
- Type: Town with 17,500 residents
- Description: human settlement in Myanmar
- Also known as: “Estat de Pangtara”, “Estat de Pindaya”, “Estat Pangtara”, “Estat Pindaya”, “Pantara”, “삔다야”, “彬得亚”, “板古城”, and “濱達雅鎮”
Pindaya
- Categories: human settlement, town in Myanmar, and locality
- Location: Pindaya Township, Taunggyi District, Shan State, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
20.94153° or 20° 56′ 30″ north
Longitude
96.66262° or 96° 39′ 45″ east
Population
17,500
Elevation
3,911 feet (1,192 metres)
Open location code
7MGRWMR7+J2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Urdu—“Pindaya” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ပင်းတယ”
- Burmese: “ပင်းတယမြို့”
- Catalan: “Pindaya”
- Chinese: “宾德亚”
- Chinese: “宾达亚”
- Dutch: “Pindaya”
- French: “Pindaya”
- German: “Pindaya”
- Indonesian: “Pindaya”
- Irish: “Pindaya”
- Korean: “삔더야”
- Korean: “핀다야”
- Latin: “Pangtara”
- Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻပင်ႏတရား”
- Russian: “Пиндайя”
- Shan: “ပၢင်းတရႃႉ၊ ဝဵင်း”
- Shan: “ဝဵင်းပၢင်းတရႃႉ”
- Slovenian: “Pindaja”
- Slovenian: “Pindaya”
- Spanish: “Pindaya”
- Swedish: “Pindaya”
- Tamil: “பின்தயா”
- Urdu: “پندایا”
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