Thanbyuzayat Township

Thanbyuzayat Township is a township of in the of . It is the site of a war cemetery and the Death Railway Museum, commemorating the prisoners of war and internees who died constructing the Burma-Siam Railway as slave labour during the Japanese occupation in World War II.
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  • Type: Locality with 170,000 residents
  • Description: township in Mon State, Myanmar
  • Also known as: Thanbyuzayat” and “Thanbyuzayat township

Thanbyuzayat Township

Latitude
15.8534° or 15° 51′ 12″ north
Longitude
97.7467° or 97° 44′ 48″ east
Population
170,000
Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)
Open location code
7M7VVP3W+9M
Geo­Names ID
11154342
Wiki­data ID
Q7710178
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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Thai—“Thanbyuzayat Township” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: သံဖြူဇရပ်
  • Burmese: သံဖြူဇရပ်မြို့နယ်
  • Chinese: 丹彪扎亞鎮區
  • Ido: Komono Thanbyuzayat
  • Japanese: タンビューザヤッ郡区
  • Japanese: タンビュザヤ郡区
  • Mon: ဇြပ်ဗု၊ ပွိုင်ဍုင်
  • Mon: ပွိုင်ဍုင်ဇြပ်ဗု
  • Pa'o Karen: ဝေင်ꩻနယ်ႏတန်ဖျူသယတ်
  • Shan: ၸႄႈဝဵင်းတၢၼ်ႇၽျူႇၸယႅတ်ႉ
  • Shan: တၢၼ်ႇၽျူႇၸယႅတ်ႉ၊ ၸႄႈဝဵင်း
  • Shan: တၢၼ်ႇၽျူႇၸယႅတ်ႉ
  • Thai: อำเภอตาน-พยูซะยะ

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