Pathein
| ပုသိမ်မြို့ Pathein |
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| Coordinates | 16 ° 47 ' N , 94 ° 44' E | ||
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| Country | Myanmar | ||
| Irrawaddy region | |||
| District | Pathein | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | MM-07 | ||
| Residents | 277,382 (2012) | ||
Pathein ( Burmese ပုသိမ်မြို့ , BGN / PCGN : putheinmyo, formerly Bassein ) is a city in Myanmar . It forms its own district in the Irrawaddy Division .
population
Pathein is the fourth largest city in Myanmar.
According to a census in 1983, Pathein had 144,096 inhabitants at that time. According to calculations, 241,624 people lived in the city in 2006.
Infrastructure
Pathein owns a soccer stadium.
The seat of the diocese of Pathein is in the city.
In Pathein there is a shore connection of the SEA-ME-WE-5 - submarine cable .
sons and daughters of the town
- U Tin Oo (* 1927), Vice Chairman of the National League for Democracy
Web links
Commons : Pathein - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population statistics (estimated) on gazetteer.de
- ↑ a b Angela Köckritz: A country puts on new color. In: The time . February 29, 2012. Retrieved February 29, 2012 .