Pyigyidagun Township

Pyigyidagun Township is located in the southern part of , . The township is bounded by to the north and the west, and to the south.
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  • Type: Suburb with 148,000 residents
  • Description: township of Mandalay in Burma
  • Also known as: “Pyigyitagon”, “Pyigyitagon township”, and “Pyigyitagun”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kyauktawgyi Pagoda.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Photo Dharma, CC BY 2.0.
is a Buddhist pagoda located in , Burma, near the Taungthaman Lake. It was built in 1847 by King Pagan Min on the model of the Ananda Pagoda at . is situated 2½ miles west of Pyigyidagun Township.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Amarapura and Mandalay.

Photo: DANIEL JULIE, CC BY 2.0.
is a city in Mandalay Division in . It was the capital of Burma in the early 19th century and is the home of a famous bridge.

Photo: P.khiao, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the second largest city, and a former capital of . The city is the economic and religious hub of upper Myanmar. The city is centred on the royal palace, and has wide avenues filled with bicycles and motorcycles.

Suburb
is located in south-central area of , . Chanmyathazi is bounded by the Ayeyarwady river in the west, in the north, Pyigyidagun Township in the south. is situated 2½ miles north of Pyigyidagun Township.

Pyigyidagun Township

Latitude
21.902° or 21° 54′ 7″ north
Longitude
96.1042° or 96° 6′ 15″ east
Population
148,000
Elevation
243 feet (74 metres)
Open location code
7MHRW423+QM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4820843881
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
11154065
Wiki­data ID
Q7263050
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Swedish—“Pyigyidagun Township” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “ကျွဲဆည်ကန်”
  • Burmese: “ပြည်ကြီးတံခွန် မြို့နယ်”
  • Burmese: “ပြည်ကြီးတံခွန်”
  • Burmese: “ပြည်ကြီးတံခွန်မြို့နယ်”
  • Chinese: “比基達貢”
  • Chinese: “比基達貢區”
  • Chinese: “比基達貢鎮區”
  • Japanese: “ピージータゴン郡区”
  • Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻနယ်ႏပီစီးတခွန်”
  • Shan: “ၸႄႈဝဵင်းပျီႇၵျီးတၶုၼ်ႇ”
  • Shan: “ပျီႇၵျီးတၶုၼ်ႇ၊ ၸႄႈဝဵင်း”
  • Swedish: “Pyigyitagon”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Yar Taw Ward and (Nga) Ward.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include (စ) ဈေး and Sa Lone Market.

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