Pyinmana
Pyinmana (pyĬn´mänä´), town and township (1983 pop. 52,962), Naypyidaw union territory, S central Myanmar, 55 mi (89 km) NNW of Toungoo. Pyinmana is located on the Yangon–Mandalay railroad in a mountainous, forested region. Sugarcane is raised in the surrounding area and processed in the town. A forestry college is there. The forces of nationalist leader U Aung San were based in Pyinmana during World War II, and the area was later a Communist insurgent stronghold. In late 2005 Myanmar's military government announced that the capital would be moved from Yangon to an extensive compound outside the town, and began transferring several government ministries to the site, which was named Naypyidaw in 2006.
More From encyclopedia.com
Town , Town
A civil and political subdivision of a state, which varies in size and significance according to location but is ordinarily a division of a coun… New Towns , new towns, planned urban communities in Great Britain, developed by long-term loans from the central government and first authorized by the New Towns… Kota Kinabalu , Kota Kinabalu (kōt´ə kĬn´əbəlōō´), formerly Jesselton, town (1991 pop. 160,122), capital of Sabah, Malaysia, in N Borneo and on a small inlet of the… Amherst College , Amherst (town, United States)
Amherst:1 Town (2000 pop. 34,874), Hampshire co., central Mass., in a fertile farm area; inc. 1759. Named for Lord Jeff… Ambon , Ambon
Ambon (äm´bōn), island, c.300 sq mi (775 sq km), E Indonesia, one of the Moluccas, in the Banda Sea. It is mountainous, well watered, and ferti… Yangon , Yangon
Yangon (yăn-gŏn´), formerly Rangoon (răng-gōōn´), city (1983 pop. 2,458,712), former capital of Myanmar and capital of Yangon region, S centra…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
Pyinmana