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Wainggyi Destination Guide

Delve into Wainggyi in Myanmar

Wainggyi in the region of Bago is located in Myanmar - some 122 mi or ( 196 km ) South of Nay Pyi Taw , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Wainggyi

Local time in Wainggyi is now 03:24 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Rangoon " with a UTC offset of 6.5 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: Phayao, Mae Ramat, Mae Hong Son, Lampang, and Chiang Rai. While being here, you might want to check out Phayao . We discovered some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you curious about the possible sightseeing spots and facts in Wainggyi ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Mini-playback-show at a school in Myanmar.

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In a village we met a playback-contest in front of a school. The sound equipment was not very good, but there was joy and enthousiasm. Original version for better quality. Data from the wmv-version: - ..

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Interesting facts about this location

1930 Pyu earthquake

The 1930 Pyu earthquake occurred on December 3, 1930 at 18:51 UTC . The epicenter was located north to Bago, Burma, then part of British India. The magnitude of the earthquake was put at Mw 7.3, or Ms 7.3. Before the earthquake, a tremor occurred at 16:36 UTC, and its shaking was felt much milder in Yangon. 36 deaths were reported in the earthquake. The earthquake caused severe damage to Pyu, about 130 km north of Bago. Many of the masonry buildings in Pyu were wrecked.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 17.97 96.42 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: 1930 earthquakes, Earthquakes in Burma

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Information of geographic nature is based on public data provided by geonames.org, CIA world facts book, Unesco, DBpedia and wikipedia. Weather is based on NOAA GFS.