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Pyinmana (pyĭn`mänä'), town and township (1983 pop. 52,962), S central Myanmar, 55 mi (89 km) NNW of Toungoo Toungoo or Taungu , town, S Myanmar, on the Sittoung River. It is a railway junction. From the late 14th cent. it was the center of one of the three chief states of Myanmar; in the late 16th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. . Pyinmana is located on 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 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 Yangon , formerly Rangoon , city (1983 pop. 2,458,712), capital of Myanmar and of Yangon div., S central Myanmar, on the Yangon River (a mouth of the Ayeyarwady) near its entrance into the Gulf of Martaban. ..... Click the link for more information. to an extensive compound outside the town, and began transferring several government ministries to the new administrative capital, which was named Naypyidaw in 2006. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | Watching regime change in Iraq, they moved the government to Pyinmana in 2005. They took him to the mysterious new jungle capital of Pyinmana to chat with Gen. BURMA The ruling military junta confirms its intention to move the capital city from Rangoon to the isolated town of Pyinmana. |
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