Pyinmana
| ပျဉ်း မ နား မြို့ Pyinmana |
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| Coordinates | 19 ° 44 ′ N , 96 ° 12 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Myanmar | ||
| Naypyidaw | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | MM-18 | ||
| Residents | 97,400 (2005) | ||
Pyinmana ( Burmese ပျဉ်း မ နား မြို့ , BGN / PCGN : pyinmanamyo) is a logging town east of Naypyidaw , the new capital of Myanmar .
population
The city had at the census of 1983: 52,962 inhabitants. The population was estimated at around 97,400 in 2005.
Infrastructure
The city is a stopover on the Yangon – Mandalay route used by intercity buses . It has been closed to tourists since 2006. The city's train station is also on the Yangon – Mandalay railway line. There is also a connection to Kyaukpadaung from here . The railroad is an important means of transporting sugar cane.
history
During the time of the occupation by the Japanese army in World War II , Pyinmana served as the headquarters of the resistance movement around the Burma Independence Army , BIA , led by General Aung San , the father of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi .
The city is strategically important on the one hand due to its central location and on the other hand because it is close to the borders of several sub-states inhabited by large minorities ( Shan , Chin and Karen ), some of which have long been in conflict with the ruling military dictatorship .
On November 7, 2005, Information Minister General Kyaw Hsan announced that the day before work began on moving all ministries and other government agencies from Rangoon to an area west of Pyinmana. This is where the planned city of Naypyidaw came into being . There has been speculation about such plans since 2001. However, the government rejected these reports as not being up to date until shortly before the official announcement.
Reports from exile -Birmanen According to prepare for the establishment of new government offices were west of Pyinmana, the universities of the city (Agriculture, Natural Resources and veterinary medicine) to the cities Kyaukse , Pyin Oo Lwin and Mhaw Bi laid.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andrea Markand: Stefan Loose Travel Guide Myanmar . Dumont Reiseverlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-7701-6162-1 , p. 245 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).