Nyaung-U
Town in Mandalay, Myanmar From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nyaung-U (Burmese: ညောင်ဦးမြို့) is the administrative town of Nyaung-U Township of Nyaung-U District in the Mandalay Region of central Myanmar. It lies on the eastern bank of Ayeyarwady River. It is just 4 kilometers away from old Bagan, a popular tourist attraction.[1] The Shwezigon Pagoda is located there. The other popular places in and around Nyaung-U were [2]
- Htilominlo Pagoda
- Gubyaukgyi Pagoda
- Ahlodawpyae Pagoda and
- Hgnet Pyit Taung Hill
Nyaung-U
ညောင်ဦးမြို့ | |
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Town | |
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  Nyaung-U Location in Burma | |
| Coordinates: 21°12′N 94°55′E | |
| Country |  Myanmar |
| Division |  Mandalay |
| District | Nyaung-U District |
| Township | Nyaung-U Township |
| Population (2014) | 48,528 |
| • Religions | Buddhism |
| Time zone | UTC+6.30 (MST) |
It is the home of Nyaung U Airport. It can be reached by air, by railway, by bus[3] and by boat.[4]
The 8.10 inches (203 mm) rainfall of 19 Oct 2011 was the record breaking one for past 47 years. The previous record was 5.67 inches (144 mm) of 9 Oct 1989.[5] It has a population of 48,528.[6]
| Climate data for Nyaung-U (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.8 (85.6) |
33.2 (91.8) |
37.2 (99.0) |
39.7 (103.5) |
38.0 (100.4) |
35.4 (95.7) |
35.2 (95.4) |
34.2 (93.6) |
33.6 (92.5) |
32.9 (91.2) |
31.8 (89.2) |
29.5 (85.1) |
34.2 (93.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 21.5 (70.7) |
24.2 (75.6) |
28.5 (83.3) |
32.1 (89.8) |
32.2 (90.0) |
30.9 (87.6) |
30.8 (87.4) |
30.1 (86.2) |
29.5 (85.1) |
28.4 (83.1) |
25.8 (78.4) |
22.3 (72.1) |
28.0 (82.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 13.3 (55.9) |
15.2 (59.4) |
19.9 (67.8) |
24.5 (76.1) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.0 (78.8) |
25.4 (77.7) |
24.0 (75.2) |
19.8 (67.6) |
15.2 (59.4) |
21.9 (71.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 4.4 (0.17) |
1.7 (0.07) |
4.8 (0.19) |
11.6 (0.46) |
106.2 (4.18) |
68.4 (2.69) |
38.6 (1.52) |
96.7 (3.81) |
143.5 (5.65) |
129.3 (5.09) |
25.9 (1.02) |
4.3 (0.17) |
635.5 (25.02) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 5.1 | 8.9 | 10.2 | 7.9 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 51.5 |
| Source: World Meteorological Organization[7] | |||||||||||||
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