Phalangon
Phalangon is a village in Ye-U Township, Sagaing Region, Myanmar. The village is the home to the chief queen Nanmadaw Me Nu and founded by her great-grand father Bala Thaman who was posted to the Phalangon village fort during the reign of King Mahadhammaraza Dipadi of Nyaungyan dynasty to guard against the danger of Manipurs.
- Village
- …lies at an elevation of around 330 feet (100 metres)
- …is also known as “Hpa Lan Khon”
- Description: village in Sagaing Region, Myanmar
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ye-U.
Ye-U
Town
Ye-U is the capital of Ye-U District in southern Sagaing Region, northwestern Myanmar. Ye-U is situated 4½ miles southeast of Phalangon.
Phalangon
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Latitude
22.80776° or 22° 48′ 28″ north
Longitude
95.36653° or 95° 21′ 60″ east
Open location code
7MJQR958+4J
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OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Italian—“Phalangon” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ဖလံခုံ”
- Burmese: “ဖလံခုံရွာ၊ ရေဦးမြို့နယ်”
- Burmese: “ဖလံခုံရွာ”
- Burmese: “ဖလံဂုဏ်ရွာ”
- Italian: “Pha Lan Gon”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include pagoda and Za Wa Station.
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