Taunggyi (Burmese: တောင်ကြီးမြို့; MLCTS: taung kri: mrui. [tàʊɴdʑí mjo̰]; Shan: ဝဵင်းတွင်ႇၵျီး [weŋ tɔŋ kji]), is the capital of Shan State, Myanmar. Taunggyi has an estimated population of 380,665 as of 2014, making it the fifth largest city in Myanmar (with Naypyidaw, Bago), and is at an elevation of 4,712 feet (1,436 m) above sea level. The name Taunggyi means "huge mountain" in the Burmese language, and is named after the ridge on the east of the city, part of the Shan Hills system, whose prominent high point is called Taung-chun or "The Spur." Locally this spur is popularly known as Phaya Taung.
Population: 160,115
Latitude: 20° 47' 21.08" N
Longitude: 97° 02' 15.94" E
Taunggyi (Burmese: တောင်ကြီးမြို့; MLCTS: taung kri: mrui. [tàʊɴdʑí mjo̰]; Shan: ဝဵင်းတွင်ႇၵျီး [weŋ tɔŋ kji]), is the capital of Shan State, Myanmar. Taunggyi has an estimated population of 345,593 as of 2013, making it the fifth largest city in My…
Heho Airport (Burmese: ဟဲဟိုးလေဆိပ်; (IATA: HEH, ICAO: VYHH) is an airport serving Heho, a town in Kalaw Township, Taunggyi District, Shan State, Burma.
The Pindaya Caves (Burmese: ပင်းတယရွှေဥမင်, pronounced: [pɪ́ɴdəja̰ ʃwè ṵmɪ̀ɴ]; officially ပင်းတယရွှေဥမင်သဘာဝလိုဏ်ဂူဘုရား), located next to the town of Pindaya, Shan State, Burma (Myanmar) are a Buddhist pilgrimage site and a tourist attraction locat…
Heho (Burmese: ဟဲဟိုး) is a small town in Kalaw Township, Taunggyi District, Shan State of Myanmar (formerly Burma).
The Meiktila Institute of Economics (Burmese: မိတၳီလာ စီးပြားေရးတကၠသိုလ္ , pronounced: [meiʔtʰìlà síbwájé tɛʔkəθò]), located in Meiktila, Mandalay Region, is one of three universities of economics and business in Myanmar. The institute offers underg…
Taunggyi University (Burmese: တောင်ကြီး တက္ကသိုလ် [tàʊɴdʑí tɛʔkəθò]), located in Taunggyi, is the main university in Shan State, Myanmar.