Paung Township
Paung is a town in the Mon State of south-east Myanmar. Mt.Nwar-la-boet in Kyon Ka Village is well known and at the top of the mountain, pilgrims can pay homage to the small stupa in which sacred hair relic of Buddha is enshrined.Paung Township
- Type: Village with 246,000 residents
- Also known as: “Paung” and “ပေါင်”
- Category: locality
- Location: Thaton District, Mon, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
16.6621° or 16° 39′ 44″ north
Longitude
97.4398° or 97° 26′ 23″ east
Population
246,000
Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)
Open location code
7M8VMC6Q+RW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
“Paung Township” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ပေါင်မြို့နယ်”
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Places to explore: Oke Ta Dar and Ah Twin Ywar.
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