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Explore Ton in Myanmar

Ton in the region of Sagain is a town in Myanmar - some 172 mi or ( 277 km ) North-West of Nay Pyi Taw , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Ton is now 02:41 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Rangoon " with a UTC offset of 6.5 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai, Chittagong, Agartala, and Taunggyi. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Mae Hong Son . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Ton ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Monywa

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View of the Chindwin River from Monywa ..

Bite-sized Bugs

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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 ..


Boat, Monywa, Myanmar

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Affen bei den Höhlen von Po Win Daung Myanmar (Burma) Dezember 2011 2_3

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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.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 22.12 95.13 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Districts of Burma, Sagaing Region

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.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 22.05 94.98 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Caves of Burma, Places of worship in Burma, Sagaing Region, Visitor attractions in Burma

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.

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Located at 22.08 95.29 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 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.

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Located at 21.96 95.28 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Populated places in Burma, Township capitals of Burma

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