Southern Myanmar

Southern Myanmar includes the three regions of Ayeyarwady, Bago and Yangon. Irrawaddy covers the Ayeyarwady River delta.
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Top destinations include Yangon and Bago.
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, formerly known in English as Rangoon, is the…
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or Pegu, formerly Hanthawaddy, is the capital…
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, formerly called Bassein, is the largest city…

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, and formerly anglicised as Prome, is the…
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, also spelled Toungoo and formerly Toung-ngú…
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is a major port city of , located across Bago River from the city of .
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is the location of several beach resorts…
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Chaungtha is a town and beach resort located…
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Township also Twantay Township is a township in the of Burma.
Htauk Kyant is a village in …

Southern Myanmar

  • Region
  • Description: geographic and historic region of Burma, including the low-lying Irrawaddy delta, as well as coastal regions of the country, plus the territory annexed by the British Empire after the end of the Second Anglo-Burmese War in 1852
  • Also known as
    “Irrawaddy”
    “Lower Burma”
    “Lower Myanmar”
    “Outer Myanmar”
  • Categories
    historical region
    territory
  • Location
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Latitude of center
17.0333° or 17° 2′ north
Longitude of center
95.1667° or 95° 10′ east
Wiki­data ID
Q1937196

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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Vietnamese—“Southern Myanmar” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণ মিয়ানমার”
  • Burmese: “အောက်မြန်မာပြည်”
  • Chinese: “下缅甸”
  • Czech: “Dolní Barma”
  • Esperanto: “Malsupra Birmo”
  • French: “Basse-Birmanie”
  • Italian: “Bassa Birmania”
  • Italian: “Birmania meridionale”
  • Japanese: “下ビルマ”
  • Khmer: “មីយ៉ាន់ម៉ាខាងក្រោម”
  • Korean: “하미얀마”
  • Korean: “하부 미얀마”
  • Lao: “ມຽນມາຕອນລຸ່ມ”
  • Lao: “ມຽນມາລຸ່ມ”
  • Lithuanian: “Žemutinis Mianmaras”
  • Polish: “Dolna Birma”
  • Portuguese: “Baixa Birmânia”
  • Portuguese: “Baixa Burma”
  • Russian: “Нижняя Бирма”
  • Shan: “မိူင်းမျၢၼ်ႇမႃႇ ပွတ်းၸၢၼ်း”
  • Shan: “မိူင်းမျၢၼ်ႇမႃႇပွတ်းတႂ်ႈ”
  • Thai: “พม่าตอนล่าง”
  • Venetian: “Birmània meridionałe”
  • Vietnamese: “Hạ Miến”

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