Thanlyin
Thanlyin is a major port city of Myanmar, located across Bago River from the city of Yangon. Thanlyin comprises 17 quarters and the surrounding Thanlyin Township is home to the largest port in the country, Thilawa port, as well as the Thilawa Special Economic Zone and various prominent universities.Photo: Victorcouto, Public domain.
- Type: Town with 181,000 residents
- Description: city in Yangon Region, Myanmar
- Also known as: “Thanlyin township”
Thanlyin
- Categories: township of Myanmar, town in Myanmar, and locality
- Location: Thanlyin, Yangon South District, Yangon, Southern Myanmar, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
16.7648° or 16° 45′ 53″ northLongitude
96.2509° or 96° 15′ 3″ eastPopulation
181,000Elevation
79 feet (24 metres)Open location code
7M8RQ772+W9OpenStreetMap ID
node 26576202OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
1295395Wikidata ID
Q2734515
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Yue Chinese—“Thanlyin” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Сйриам”
- Burmese: “သန်လျင်”
- Burmese: “သန်လျင်မြို့”
- Catalan: “Syriam”
- Catalan: “Thanlyin”
- Cebuano: “Syriam”
- Chinese: “丹林”
- Chinese: “沙廉”
- French: “Siriangh”
- French: “Syriam”
- French: “Thanlyin”
- Japanese: “シリアム”
- Japanese: “タンリン”
- Japanese: “タンリン郡区”
- Lithuanian: “Sirijamas”
- Lithuanian: “Tanlinas”
- Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻတန်လိဉ်”
- Polish: “Thanlyin”
- Portuguese: “Sirião”
- Portuguese: “Syriam”
- Portuguese: “Thanlyin”
- Pwo Eastern Karen: “ဍုံသိုင်လျေန်”
- Russian: “Танхльин”
- Shan: “တၢၼ်ႇလိၼ်ႇ၊ ဝဵင်း”
- Shan: “တၢၼ်ႇလိၼ်ႇ”
- Shan: “ဝဵင်းတၢၼ်ႇလိၼ်ႇ”
- Swedish: “Thanlyin”
- Thai: “Syriam”
- Thai: “Thanlyin”
- Thai: “เซอัง”
- Thai: “ตันลยิน”
- Thai: “ตันเลียน”
- Thai: “ตาน-ลยีน”
- Thai: “สิเรียม”
- Thai: “เสี้ยง”
- Ukrainian: “Танхльїн”
- Yue Chinese: “丹林”
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