Nyaung-U

Nyaung-U is the administrative town of of in the of central . It lies on the eastern bank of Ayeyarwady River.
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  • Type: City with 48,500 residents
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “Nyaung Oo”, “Nyaungoo”, “Nyaungu”, and “Nyoungoo”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shwezigon Pagoda and Bagan Nyaung U Airport.

Buddhist temple
Photo: DIMMIS, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The royal or Shwezigon Paya is a Buddhist located in Nyaung-U, . A prototype of Burmese , it consists of a circular gold leaf-gilded stupa surrounded by smaller temples and shrines.

Aerodrome
Photo: DiverDave, CC BY 3.0.
Nyaung U Airport is an located in Nyaung-U, a town in the , . It is the primary air gateway to the ancient sites of and surrounding areas. It also known as Nyaung Oo Airport or Bagan Nyaung Oo Airport.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Jakubhal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Htilominlo Temple is a located in , in Burma/Myanmar, built during the reign of King Htilominlo, 1211–1231. The temple is three stories tall, with a height of 46 metres, and built with red brick.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bagan.

Photo: Zaidush, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an area and archaeological site in the region of , inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Nyaung-U

Latitude
21.19996° or 21° 11′ 60″ north
Longitude
94.90717° or 94° 54′ 26″ east
Population
48,500
Elevation
203 feet (62 metres)
IATA airport code
NYU
United Nations Location Code
MM NYU
Open location code
7MHP5WX4+XV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 253298809
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1303351
Wiki­data ID
Q864548
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Nyaung-U” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نياونغ أو”
  • Bengali: “নং-উ”
  • Burmese: “ညောင်ဦးမြို့”
  • Chinese: “良乌县”
  • Chinese: “良烏”
  • Danish: “Nyaung-U”
  • Dutch: “Nyaung-U”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نياونج او”
  • Finnish: “Nyaung-U”
  • French: “Nyaung-U”
  • German: “Nyaung U”
  • German: “Nyaung-U”
  • Greek: “Νγιόνκ-Ου”
  • Gujarati: “ન્યૌંગ-યુ”
  • Hindi: “न्याउंग-यू”
  • Indonesian: “Nyaung-U”
  • Irish: “Nyaung-U”
  • Italian: “Nyaung-U”
  • Japanese: “ニャウンウー”
  • Japanese: “ニャンウー”
  • Kannada: “ನಂಗ್-ಯು”
  • Korean: “냐웅우”
  • Latvian: “Njaunga-U”
  • Lithuanian: “Njaung-U”
  • Malay: “Nyaung-U”
  • Marathi: “न्यूयांग-यू”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nayung-U”
  • Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻညောင်ဦး”
  • Polish: “Nyaung-U”
  • Portuguese: “Nyaung U”
  • Russian: “Ньяунг-У”
  • Shan: “ၺွင်ႇဢူး၊ ဝဵင်း”
  • Shan: “ဝဵင်းၺွင်ႇဢူး”
  • Sinhala: “න්‍යාන්ග් -යු”
  • Spanish: “Nyaung U”
  • Spanish: “Nyaung-U”
  • Swedish: “Nyaung-U”
  • Tamil: “நியுங்-உ”
  • Telugu: “న్యాయుంగ్-యు”
  • Thai: “ญองอู้”
  • Thai: “ยอง อู”
  • Turkish: “Nyaung-U”
  • Ukrainian: “Ньяунг-У”
  • Urdu: “نیاونج-یو”
  • Vietnamese: “Nyaung-U”

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