Pyay

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Pyay is a historic town in central Myanmar known as a regional trading center and gateway to the ancient Pyu archaeological sites of Sri Ksetra.

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Pyay canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement
populated place
town
administrativeDivisionLevel district-level town
alsoKnownAs Prome
associatedWithAncientCulture Pyu
linked to: Pyu city-states
associatedWithEthnicGroup Bamar
climateClassification tropical savanna climate (Aw)
country Myanmar
countryCapitalOf Prome District (historical)
economicRole regional trading center
formerName Prome
hasAlternativeTransliteration Prye
Pye
hasNearbyAncientCity Thayekhittaya (Sri Ksetra)
hasNearbyCulturalHeritage Pyu city ruins at Sri Ksetra
hasNearbyReligiousSite Buddhist pagodas
Shwesandaw Pagoda (Pyay)
hasNearbyWorldHeritageSite Pyu Ancient Cities
linked to: Pyu city-states
hasRailConnection Yangon–Pyay railway line
hasRoadConnection Yangon–Pyay road
linked to: Pyay Road
heritageContext Pyu ancient cities of Myanmar
historicalRole important center on Irrawaddy trade routes
historicalSignificance historic town in central Myanmar
isDistrictCapital Pyay District
isGatewayTo Pyu ancient cities
linked to: Pyu city-states

Pyu archaeological sites of Sri Ksetra
Sri Ksetra
isRegionalTradingCenter true
isRiverPort true
isStopOn Yangon–Bagan travel route
locatedIn Bago Region
central Myanmar
locatedInGeographicalFeature Irrawaddy River valley
linked to: Irrawaddy River
locatedInSubregion Lower Myanmar
linked to: southern Myanmar
locatedInTimeZone Myanmar Standard Time
locatedNorthOf Yangon
locatedOn Irrawaddy River
locatedOnRiver Ayeyarwady River
linked to: Irrawaddy River
nearbyArchaeologicalSite Sri Ksetra
playsRoleInTourism base for visiting Sri Ksetra archaeological zone
primaryLanguageSpoken Burmese
regionalFunction commercial center for surrounding agricultural areas
religionMajority Theravada Buddhism
linked to: Theravada
timeZoneOffset UTC+6:30
transportRole regional transport hub on the Irrawaddy River

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