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Pyay

(Encyclopedia)Pyay prōm [key], city (1983 pop. 83,332), Bago region, S central Myanmar, on the Ayeyarwady River. It is a commercial town and port, with railroad connections to Yangon. One of the oldest cities in M...

Kachin State

(Encyclopedia)Kachin State kəchĭnˈ [key], state (1983 pop. 903,982), 33,903 sq mi (87,809 sq km), extreme N Myanmar. It is a mountainous region bounded on the NW by India and on the N and E by China and traverse...

Akyab

(Encyclopedia)Akyab: see Sittwe, Myanmar.

Inwa

(Encyclopedia)Inwa, Myanmar: see Innwa.

Arakan

(Encyclopedia)Arakan: see Rakhine, Myanmar.

Naypyitaw

(Encyclopedia)Naypyitaw, Myanmar: see Naypyidaw. ...

Rangoon

(Encyclopedia)Rangoon: see Yangon, Myanmar.

Tenasserim

(Encyclopedia)Tenasserim: see Tanintharyi, Myanmar. ...

Bassein

(Encyclopedia)Bassein: see Pathein, Myanmar.

Prome

(Encyclopedia)Prome, Myanmar: see Pyay.