Pye

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Pye is an alternative transliteration of Pyay, a historic city in central Myanmar located on the Irrawaddy River.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Pye canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
administrativeRole city in Bago Region ⓘ
alternativeName Pyay ⓘ
alternativeTransliterationOf Pyay ⓘ
associatedWithAncientKingdom Pyu city-states ⓘ
climateType tropical savanna climate ⓘ
coordinateApproximate 18.8167°N 95.2167°E ⓘ
country Myanmar ⓘ
countryCapitalOf Pyu Kingdom (historical, via nearby Sri Ksetra) ⓘ
distanceFromYangonApproximate 260 km northwest ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
trade ⓘ
elevationApproximate ~47 m above sea level ⓘ
formerName Prome ⓘ
hasNearbyArchaeologicalSite Sri Ksetra archaeological area ⓘ
hasNearbyUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Pyu Ancient Cities ⓘ
linked to: Pyu city-states
heritageContext Pyu ancient cities ⓘ
linked to: Pyu city-states
historicalEraImportance Pyu period ⓘ
historicalRegion Lower Burma ⓘ
linked to: Lower Myanmar
historicalSignificance important Irrawaddy River trading center ⓘ
languageMajority Burmese ⓘ
locatedIn Bago Region ⓘ
central Myanmar ⓘ
locatedInSubregion western Bago Region ⓘ
linked to: Bago Region
locatedOnRailway Yangon–Mandalay Railway ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Irrawaddy River ⓘ
locatedOnTransportRoute Yangon–Mandalay Highway ⓘ
nameRomanizationVariant Prome ⓘ
Pyay ⓘ
Pye ⓘ
nearbyAncientCity Sri Ksetra ⓘ
railConnection connected to Mandalay ⓘ
connected to Yangon ⓘ
regionalFunction commercial center for surrounding agricultural areas ⓘ
regionCapitalOf Pyay District ⓘ
religionMajority Theravada Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Theravada
riverBankLocation eastern bank of the Irrawaddy River ⓘ
riverPortOn Irrawaddy River ⓘ
riverValley Irrawaddy Valley ⓘ
roadConnection connected to Mandalay ⓘ
connected to Yangon ⓘ
timeZone Myanmar Standard Time ⓘ
transportHubType rail ⓘ
river port ⓘ
road ⓘ
utcOffset +6:30 ⓘ
writingSystemUsedForName Burmese script ⓘ

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