Inwa

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Inwa is an ancient royal capital of Burma (Myanmar), renowned for its historical ruins and role as a major political and cultural center for several Burmese kingdoms.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Inwa canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former capital ⓘ
historical city ⓘ
abandonedAsCapital 1841 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ava ⓘ
Inwa (Ava) ⓘ
linked to: Innwa (Ava)

Ratanapura ⓘ
Yadanapura ⓘ
architecturalStyle traditional Burmese ⓘ
capitalFrom 1364 ⓘ
capitalUntil 1841 ⓘ
country Myanmar ⓘ
destroyedBy earthquake ⓘ
foundedBy King Thado Minbya ⓘ
linked to: Thado Minbya
foundedIn 1364 ⓘ
governedBy Ava kings ⓘ
Konbaung kings ⓘ
linked to: Konbaung Dynasty
hasFeature fortified layout ⓘ
grid-like city plan ⓘ
heritageStatus important archaeological site ⓘ
historicalEra early modern Burma ⓘ
late medieval Burma ⓘ
knownFor Buddhist monasteries ⓘ
brick and teak architecture ⓘ
city walls and moats ⓘ
historical ruins ⓘ
royal palace remains ⓘ
languageHistoricallyDominant Burmese ⓘ
locatedIn Mandalay Region ⓘ
locatedNear Irrawaddy River ⓘ
Myitnge River ⓘ
majorEarthquakeYear 1839 ⓘ
notableSite Bagaya Monastery ⓘ
Maha Aungmye Bonzan Monastery ⓘ
Nanmyint Watch Tower ⓘ
linked to: Nanmyin Watchtower

city walls ⓘ
moat ⓘ
partOf Tada-U District ⓘ
regionHistorically Upper Burma ⓘ
religionHistoricallyDominant Theravada Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Theravada
replacedBy Amarapura ⓘ
servedAs cultural center of Burmese kingdoms ⓘ
political center of Burmese kingdoms ⓘ
servedAsCapitalOf Burma ⓘ
linked to: Myanmar

Kingdom of Ava ⓘ
Konbaung Dynasty ⓘ
Taungoo Dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Toungoo Dynasty
tourism accessible by boat and horse cart ⓘ
popular tourist destination ⓘ
transportAccess near Mandalay ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ava → formerName → Inwa ⓘ
Inwa Kingdom → capital → Inwa ⓘ
Ava dynasty → hasCapital → Inwa ⓘ
Ava → alsoKnownAs → Inwa ⓘ
subject linked to: city of Ava (Inwa)
Innwa → alsoKnownAs → Inwa ⓘ
subject linked to: Innwa (Ava)