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== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==
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[[File:Myanmar Thailand Japanese Death Railway 001.jpg|alt=Death Railway Museum|none|thumb|Death Railway Museum]]
File:The British Reoccupation of Burma SE6170.jpg|A Japanese labour camp at Thanbyuzayat in [[World War II|WWII]]
[[File:Japan Paya Thanbyuzayat 001.jpg|alt=Japan Paya|none|thumb|Japan Paya]]
File:Thanbyuzayat MMR011004701, Myanmar (Burma) - panoramio (1).jpg|The very first locomotive used on the Death Railway
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[[File:Thanbyuzayat World War II Cemetery 001.jpg|alt=Thanbyuzayat World War II Cemetery|none|thumb|Thanbyuzayat World War II Cemetery]]
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File:Myanmar Thailand Japanese Death Railway 001.jpg|The start point of Death Railway Line
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File:Thanbyuzayat World War II Cemetery 001.jpg|Thanbyuzayat Prisoners-of-war Cemetery
File:Japan Paya Thanbyuzayat 001.jpg|[[Cenotaph]] for Asian workers and Allied POWs, built by Japanese
File:Mawlamyine Death Railway Line Museum.jpg|Death Railway Museum
File:Rails and Scarecrow-Like Sculpture - Burma-Siam 'Death Railway' - Thanbyuzayat - Near Mawlamyine (Moulmein) - Myanmar (Burma) (11954717473).jpg|Abandoned section of Death Railway in [[Thanbyuzayat]]
File:Thanbyuzayat MMR011004701, Myanmar (Burma) - panoramio (5).jpg|Town centre
File:သံဖြူဇရပ်စစ်သင်္ချိုင်း2.jpg|A tombstone of [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] soldiers
File:The British Reoccupation of Burma SE6173.jpg|Repatriation of the prisoners after WWII
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==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 11:24, 24 September 2019

Thanbyuzayat
သံဖြူဇရပ်မြို့
Thanbyuxayat,[1] Thanbyuzat[2]
Town
Thanbyuzayat is located in Myanmar
Thanbyuzayat
Thanbyuzayat
Location in Burma
Coordinates: 15°58′N 97°44′E / 15.967°N 97.733°E / 15.967; 97.733
Country Myanmar
Division Mon State
DistrictMawlamyine District
TownshipThanbyuzayat Township
Population
 (2005)
 • Religions
Buddhism
Time zoneUTC+6.30 (MST)

Template:Contains Burmese text Thanbyuzayat[3] (Burmese: သံဖြူဇရပ်မြို့; Mon: ဇြပ်ဗု, lit. "Tin Shelter"[4]) is a town in the Mon State of south-eastern Myanmar. It is the administrative center for Thanbyuzayat Township. Thanbyuzayat is about 64 kilometres (40 mi) south of Mawlamyine (Moulmein) and 24 kilometres (15 mi) south-east of Kyaikkami (Amherst) and Setse beach.[4]

History

The name of the town gets its name from a white tin zayat located in the town centre. The interjection that tin zayat located was once a rest place for travellers, and the tin zayat was constructed in 1874 by a Mon lady called Ma Gee Yut.

During World War II, Thanbyuzayat was the western terminus of the Death Railway (Siam–Burma Railway) linking up with the pre-war coastal railway between Ye and Rangoon. Thanbyuzayat was also the site of a Japanese Prisoner of war camp for the prisoners who worked on building the railway,[5] and over 3,000 Allied servicemen are buried there in the Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery.[6] During WWII, Thanbyuzayat was just a large village within Kyaikkami township, and later gained town status.

Places of interest

  • Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery
  • Death Railway Museum
  • Setse beach

Gallery

  • A Japanese labour camp at Thanbyuzayat in WWII
    A Japanese labour camp at Thanbyuzayat in WWII
  • The very first locomotive used on the Death Railway
    The very first locomotive used on the Death Railway
  • The start point of Death Railway Line
    The start point of Death Railway Line
  • Thanbyuzayat Prisoners-of-war Cemetery
    Thanbyuzayat Prisoners-of-war Cemetery
  • Cenotaph for Asian workers and Allied POWs, built by Japanese
    Cenotaph for Asian workers and Allied POWs, built by Japanese
  • Death Railway Museum
    Death Railway Museum
  • Abandoned section of Death Railway in Thanbyuzayat
    Abandoned section of Death Railway in Thanbyuzayat
  • Town centre
    Town centre
  • A tombstone of Allied soldiers
    A tombstone of Allied soldiers
  • Repatriation of the prisoners after WWII
    Repatriation of the prisoners after WWII

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Thanbyuxayat (Variant) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. ^ Thanbyuzat (Variant) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  3. ^ Thanbyuzayat (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  4. ^ a b Reid, Robert and Grosberg, Michael (2005) Myanmar (Burma) (9th edition) Lonely Planet Publications, Footscray, Victoria, Australia, page 159, ISBN 1-74059-695-1
  5. ^ Rivett, Rohan Deakin (1950) "Chapter XIX: Thanbyuzayat Base Camp" Behind bamboo : an inside story of the Japanese prison camps Angus and Robertson, London, OCLC 13509214
  6. ^ Taylor, William (1971) With the Cambridgeshires at Singapore Trevor Allen Bevis, March, England, pages 89-91, ISBN 0-901680-01-X

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