Pyinmana ပျဉ်းမနားမြို့ | |
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Town | |
)  Pyinmana Location of Pyinmana, Myanmar (Burma) | |
| Coordinates: 19°45′N 96°12′E / 19.750°N 96.200°E | |
| Country |  Myanmar |
| Division | Naypyidaw Union Territory |
| Population (2006 est.) | |
| • Total | 100,000 |
| • Ethnicities | Bamar Burmese Indians Kayin |
| • Religions | Theravada Buddhism Islam |
| Time zone | UTC+6.30 (MST) |
Pyinmana (Burmese: ပျဉ်းမနားမြို့; MLCTS: Khit _Sem, IPA: [pjɪ̀ɰ̃məná mjo̰]; population: 100,000 (2006 estimate)) is a logging town and sugarcane refinery center in the Naypyidaw Union Territory of Myanmar. The administrative capital of Myanmar was officially moved to a militarized greenfield site (which the leader, Than Shwe, dubbed Naypyidaw, or Royal City) two miles (3.2 km) west of Pyinmana on November 6, 2005. Pyinmana is approximately 200 miles (320 km)
During World War II, Pyinmana was the base of the Burma Independence Army (later renamed and reorganized into the Burma Defence Army by the Japanese).[1]
Climate
| Climate data for Pyinmana (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 31.5 (88.7) | 34.4 (93.9) | 37.2 (99.0) | 38.7 (101.7) | 36.0 (96.8) | 32.4 (90.3) | 31.4 (88.5) | 31.3 (88.3) | 32.5 (90.5) | 33.2 (91.8) | 31.8 (89.2) | 30.5 (86.9) | 33.4 (92.1) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 14.6 (58.3) | 16.4 (61.5) | 20.4 (68.7) | 24.3 (75.7) | 24.9 (76.8) | 24.3 (75.7) | 24.0 (75.2) | 23.9 (75.0) | 23.9 (75.0) | 23.3 (73.9) | 20.2 (68.4) | 16.0 (60.8) | 21.3 (70.3) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 2.2 (0.09) | 5.0 (0.20) | 3.9 (0.15) | 36.3 (1.43) | 156.5 (6.16) | 209.1 (8.23) | 227.7 (8.96) | 263.0 (10.35) | 177.0 (6.97) | 167.0 (6.57) | 50.4 (1.98) | 4.8 (0.19) | 1,302.9 (51.30) |
| Source: Norwegian Meteorological Institute[2] | |||||||||||||
Notable residents
- Bo Let Ya Bo Htauk Htain Bo Tar Yar
See also
- Pyinmana Township
References
- ^ McGirk, Jan (November 8, 2005). Burma's rulers take the road to Mandalay. The Independent.
- ^ "Myanmar Climate Report" (PDF). Norwegian Meteorological Institute. pp. 23–36. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.