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Myanmar
/ Taunggyi / The City
Photo:
Lake Inle near Taunggyi
Taunggyi
is the capital of the Shan state of the Burmese Union and
is with 150,000 inhabitants the fourth largest town of Myanmar
(after Yangon, Mandalay and Maw-La-Myne, formerly Moulmein).
Taunggyi is situated 1,400 meters above sea level about
500 kilometers north of Yangon and about 10 kilometers southeast
of Mandalay. The town on a steep mountain side in the southern
reaches of the Himalaya is mainly inhabited by Shans, a people
ethnically not related to the Burmese but rather to the Thais.
Taunggyi
has no unique, architectural attractions, but is more of
an attraction as a whole concerning its location on a steep
mountain side and its atmosphere due to the Shan population. Furthermore,
the surrounding mountain landscape with the Inle lake is exceedingly
picturesque.
To reach
Taunggyi you first have to fly to Heho, about 40 kilometers
to the West, because the town itself does not boast an airfield.
More
information:
Attractions in and around Taunggyi
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