The Pa-Auk Forest Monastery, known in Burmese as the Pa-Auk Tawya, is a Theravāda monastery in the village of Pa-Auk in Mawlamyine, Mon State. Situated in a tropical forest along the Dawna Range. Pa-auk Forest Monastery is situated 2½ miles south of Kandawgyi Lake.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kyaikmaraw and Mawlamyine.

Kyaikmaraw

Town

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Kyaikmaraw is a town in the Mon State of south-east Myanmar, 4 kilometres southeast of Mawlamyine. Kyaikmaraw is situated 5 miles southeast of Kandawgyi Lake.

Mawlamyine

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Mawlamyine, formerly Moulmein, is the fourth-largest city in Myanmar, 300 kilometres southeast of Yangon and 70 kilometres south of Thaton, at the mouth of Thanlwin River.

Kandawgyi Lake

Type: Reservoir
Also known as: “Mutpun Reservoir”
Category: body of water
Location: Kayin State, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude

16.41667° or 16° 25′ north

Longitude

97.66667° or 97° 40′ east

Elevation

194 feet (59 metres)

Open location code

7M8VCM88+MM

GeoNames ID

1320858

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