Pyay

E239253

human settlement populated place town

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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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Pyay canonical	4

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human settlement ⓘ populated place ⓘ town ⓘ
administrativeDivisionLevel	district-level town ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Prome ⓘ
associatedWithAncientCulture	Pyu city-states ⓘ surface form: Pyu
associatedWithEthnicGroup	Bamar ⓘ
climateClassification	tropical savanna climate (Aw) ⓘ
country	Myanmar ⓘ
countryCapitalOf	Prome District (historical) ⓘ
economicRole	regional trading center ⓘ
formerName	Prome ⓘ
hasAlternativeTransliteration	Prye ⓘ Pye ⓘ
hasNearbyAncientCity	Pyu archaeological sites of Sri Ksetra ⓘ surface form: Thayekhittaya (Sri Ksetra)
hasNearbyCulturalHeritage	Pyu archaeological sites of Sri Ksetra ⓘ surface form: Pyu city ruins at Sri Ksetra
hasNearbyReligiousSite	Buddhist pagodas ⓘ Shwesandaw Pagoda (Pyay) ⓘ
hasNearbyWorldHeritageSite	Pyu city-states ⓘ surface form: Pyu Ancient Cities
hasRailConnection	Yangon–Pyay railway line ⓘ
hasRoadConnection	Pyay Road ⓘ surface form: Yangon–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 city-states ⓘ surface form: Pyu ancient cities 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 ⓘ surface form: Irrawaddy River valley
locatedInSubregion	southern Myanmar ⓘ surface form: Lower Myanmar
locatedInTimeZone	Myanmar Standard Time ⓘ
locatedNorthOf	Yangon ⓘ
locatedOn	Irrawaddy River ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Irrawaddy River ⓘ surface form: Ayeyarwady River
nearbyArchaeologicalSite	Sri Ksetra ⓘ
playsRoleInTourism	base for visiting Sri Ksetra archaeological zone ⓘ
primaryLanguageSpoken	Burmese ⓘ
regionalFunction	commercial center for surrounding agricultural areas ⓘ
religionMajority	Theravada ⓘ surface form: Theravada Buddhism
timeZoneOffset	UTC+6:30 ⓘ
transportRole	regional transport hub on the Irrawaddy River ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Irrawaddy River → majorCityOnRiver → Pyay ⓘ

Yangon Central Railway Station → connectsTo → Pyay ⓘ

Bago Region → contains → Pyay ⓘ

Siege of Prome → hasLocation → Pyay ⓘ