Pegu City

E874835

Pegu City is a historic urban center in Myanmar, known for its ancient Buddhist temples and role as a former capital of the Mon Kingdom.

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Label Occurrences
Pegu City canonical 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic city ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ
climate tropical monsoon climate ⓘ
country Myanmar ⓘ
directionFromYangon northeast ⓘ
distanceToYangon_km approximately 80 ⓘ
economyActivity agriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
trade ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Bago ⓘ
Pegu ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritageType Buddhist heritage ⓘ
Mon heritage ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance center of Mon Buddhist traditions ⓘ
hasHeritage Mon culture ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriodOfProminence early modern period ⓘ
pre-colonial era ⓘ
hasLanguage Burmese ⓘ
Mon ⓘ
hasNearbyMajorCity Yangon ⓘ
hasNotableFeature ancient Buddhist temples ⓘ
historic pagodas ⓘ
hasNotableSite Kanbawzathadi Palace site ⓘ
Kyaikpun Pagoda ⓘ
Shwemawdaw Pagoda ⓘ
hasReligion Buddhism ⓘ
hasTransportConnection Yangon–Mandalay highway ⓘ
Yangon–Mandalay railway ⓘ
hasUrbanType regional capital city ⓘ
historicalRole former royal capital ⓘ
important Buddhist religious center ⓘ
isAdministrativeCenterOf Bago Region ⓘ
isTouristDestination true ⓘ
locatedIn Bago Region ⓘ
locatedInCountry Myanmar ⓘ
locatedInFormerCountry Mon Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Mon kingdom
locatedInSubregion Southeast Asia ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Myanmar Standard Time ⓘ
locatedNear Bago River ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Asia ⓘ
region Lower Myanmar ⓘ
religiousArchitectureType Theravada Buddhist temples ⓘ
religiousMajority Buddhist ⓘ
utcOffset +6:30 ⓘ
wasCapitalOf Mon Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Mon kingdom

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Pegu → alsoKnownAs → Pegu City ⓘ