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Monywe Destination Guide

Discover Monywe in Myanmar

Monywe in the region of Sagain is a town located in Myanmar - some 168 mi or ( 271 km ) North of Nay Pyi Taw , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Monywe

Local time in Monywe is now 05:23 AM (Tuesday) . 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 Taunggyi. 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 Monywe ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

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 ..


Reunion 2008 Episode III

6:26 min by HTETgroup
Views: 140 Rating: 1.00

THEreunion was held with the close friends and family on 27 December 2008 at a French restaurant called Le Planteur in Rangoon, Burma. We raised hell. We spoke volumes. And we had loads of fun. Hooha! ..

MYANMAR I

3:55 min by Alfonso Calvo
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From Yangon to Bagan - created at animoto.com ..


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Interesting facts about this location

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 8 km away
Tags: 2008 sculptures, Colossal Buddha statues, Concrete sculptures, Monuments and memorials in Burma, Outdoor sculptures

Chaung-U

Chaung-U is a town in central Myanmar. It is located in Monywa District, Sagaing Division. It is the principal town of Chaung-U township. In the Bagan dynasty, when King Popa Saw Rahan (also known as King Taungthugyi) governed the country, it was named "San Tauk Village". It was a large village where some different natives of the Union of Myanmar, like kayin, shan and lawah(wah) natives, lived warmly together. Then, King Kyansit founded the city gathering ten villages together, e.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 21.96 95.28 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Populated places in Burma, Township capitals of Burma

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 14 km away
Tags: Districts of Burma, Sagaing Region

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