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Discover Kothan in Myanmar

Kothan in the region of Sagain is a town located in Myanmar - some 182 mi or ( 292 km ) North of Nay Pyi Taw , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Kothan

Local time in Kothan is now 09:39 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Rangoon " with a UTC offset of 6.5 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai, Chittagong, Agartala, and Yinban Anauk. When in this area, you might want to check out Mae Hong Son . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Kothan ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Myanmar Teil 4-1 Reisereportage

8:42 min by amazone314
Views: 2168 Rating: 5.00

Eine 4-teilige Dokumentation einer Reise durch die von der Welt geächtete vom Militär regierte Republik zwischen Indien und Indochina, deren Bewohner erfüllt sind von der Gnade, die der Erleuchtete se ..

Monywa

0:20 min by ovuigner
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View of the Chindwin River from Monywa ..


Bite-sized Bugs

0:51 min by contemporarynomad
Views: 880 Rating: 5.00

My traveling revolves mostly around food. Any kind of food. So when I browsed through some of the snack food options in Monywa and saw a pile of fat, juicy, deep-fried locusts, I became intrigued. I p ..

Manufacturing gold leaf

0:35 min by tomcasa
Views: 475 Rating: 5.00

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Interesting facts about this location

Monywa District

Monywa District is an administrative district in southern Sagaing Division, Burma (Myanmar). Its administrative center is the city of Monywa.

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Located at 22.12 95.13 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Districts of Burma, Sagaing Region

Laykyun Sekkya

The Laykyun Setkyar is the second tallest statue in the world at 116 metres . This statute of Gautama Buddha stands on a 13.5 metres throne located in the village of Khatakan Taung, near Monywa, Myanmar. Construction began in 1996 and was completed on 21 February 2008. It was built by the Chief Abbot Ven. Nãradã, who died on the 22nd of November, 2006.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 22.08 95.29 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Tags: 2008 sculptures, Colossal Buddha statues, Concrete sculptures, Monuments and memorials in Burma, Outdoor sculptures

Phowintaung

Phowintaung (also spelt as Hpowindaung, Powintaung, Po Win Taung) is a Buddhist cave complex located approximately 25 kilometers west of Monywa and 10 kilometers southeast of Yinmabin, in Yinmabin Township, Monywa District, Sagaing Region, Northern Burma (Myanmar). It is located on the western bank of the Chindwin River. The name of the complex means Mountain of Isolated Solitary Meditation. The complex contains 947 small and large richly decorated caves.

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Located at 22.05 94.98 (Lat./Long.); Less than 27 km away
Tags: Caves of Burma, Places of worship in Burma, Sagaing Region, Visitor attractions in Burma

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