Pantanaw
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Pantanaw is a town
in the Ayeyarwady Region of south-west Myanmar
. It is the seat of the Pantanaw Township
in the Maubin District
. It is the hometown of former United Nations Secretary-General U Thant
and of the renowned artist U Ba Nyan.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
in the Ayeyarwady Region of south-west Myanmar
Myanmar
Burma , officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar , is a country in Southeast Asia. Burma is bordered by China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, the Bay of Bengal to the southwest, and the Andaman Sea on the south....
. It is the seat of the Pantanaw Township
Pantanaw Township
Pantanaw Township ) is a township of Maubin District in the Ayeyarwady Region of Myanmar....
in the Maubin District
Maubin District
Maubin District is a district of the Ayeyarwady Division in south western Myanmar. It contains 4 cities: Maubin, Pantanaw, Nyaungdon, and Danubyu.-Townships:The district contains the following townships:*Maubin Township*Pantanaw Township...
. It is the hometown of former United Nations Secretary-General U Thant
U Thant
U Thant was a Burmese diplomat and the third Secretary-General of the United Nations, from 1961 to 1971. He was chosen for the post when his predecessor, Dag Hammarskjöld, died in September 1961....
and of the renowned artist U Ba Nyan.