Thanlyin

Thanlyin is a major port city of , located across Bago River from the city of . Thanlyin comprises 17 quarters and the surrounding Thanlyin Township is home to the largest port in the country, , as well as the Thilawa Special Economic Zone and various prominent universities.
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  • Town with 181,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 79 feet (24 metres)
  • …is also known as “Thanlyin township”
  • Description: city in Yangon Region, Myanmar

Thanlyin

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Latitude
16.7648° or 16° 45′ 53″ north
Longitude
96.2509° or 96° 15′ 3″ east
Open location code
7M8RQ772+W9
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Open­Street­Map feature
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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”
  • Shan: “ဝဵင်းတၢၼ်ႇလျိၼ်ႇ”
  • Shan: “ဝဵင်းတၢၼ်ႇလိၼ်ႇ”
  • Swedish: “Thanlyin”
  • Thai: “Syriam”
  • Thai: “Thanlyin”
  • Thai: “เซอัง”
  • Thai: “ตันลยิน”
  • Thai: “ตันเลียน”
  • Thai: “ตาน-ลยีน”
  • Thai: “สิเรียม”
  • Thai: “เสี้ยง”
  • Ukrainian: “Танхльїн”
  • Urdu: “تھان لین”
  • Yue Chinese: “丹林”

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