Myawaddy
Myawaddy or Myawadi is a border town in Myanmar. The Mae Sot - Myawaddy border crossing is the main overland entry point for foreigners wishing to get from Bangkok to Yangon or Thailand to Myanmar in general, and vice-versa.
Photo: Tristanb, Public domain.
Photo: Tristanb, Public domain.- Type: Town with 45,000 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Myawaddy township”, “Myawadi”, “渺瓦底”, and “米亞瓦迪”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Thai–Myanmar Friendship Bridge.
Myawaddy
- Categories: township of Myanmar, border city, town in Myanmar, and locality
- Location: Myawaddy Township, Myawaddy District, Kayin State, Southeastern Myanmar, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
16.6872° or 16° 41′ 14″ north
Longitude
98.5071° or 98° 30′ 26″ east
Population
45,000
Elevation
676 feet (206 metres)
UN/LOCODE
MM MWD
Open location code
7M8WMGP4+VR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Myawaddy” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مياوادي”
- Bengali: “মিয়াওয়াড্ডি”
- Burmese: “မြဝတီ”
- Burmese: “မြဝတီမြို့”
- Chinese: “妙瓦底”
- Chinese: “苗瓦迪”
- Dutch: “Myawaddy”
- Esperanto: “Mjavadi”
- French: “Myawaddy”
- German: “Myawaddy”
- Italian: “Myawaddy”
- Japanese: “ミャワディ”
- Korean: “먀워디”
- Korean: “미야와디”
- Malay: “Myawaddy”
- Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻမျဝတီႏ”
- Polish: “Myawaddy”
- Polish: “Myawadi”
- Russian: “Мьявади”
- Russian: “Мья́вади”
- Scots: “Mywaddy”
- Shan: “မျႃႉဝတီႇ”
- Shan: “ဝဵင်းမျႃႉဝတီႇ”
- Spanish: “Myawaddy”
- Swedish: “Myawaddy”
- Tamil: “மியாவதி நகரம்”
- Thai: “เมียวดี”
- Ukrainian: “М’яваді”
- Urdu: “میاوڈے”
- Vietnamese: “Myawaddy”
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