Thanbyuzayat
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Thanbyuzayat is a town
in the Mon State
of southeastern Burma (Myanmar). It is the administrative center for Thanbyuzayat Township
. Thanbyuzayat is about 64 kilometres (40 mi) south of Mawlamyine (Moulmein)
and 24 kilometres (15 mi) miles south-east of Kyaikkami (Amherst)
.
During World War II
Thanbyuzayat was the western terminus of the Thailand–Burma Railway linking up with the pre-war coastal railway between Ye
and Rangoon. Thanbyuzayat was also the site of a Japanese Prisoner of war
camp for the prisoners who worked on building the railway, and over 3,000 Allied servicemen are buried there in the Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery. Today a clock tower stands at the central road junction with roads headed north to Mawlamyine, south to Ye, and west to Kyaikkami and Setse
.
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 Mon State
Mon State
Mon State is an administrative division of Myanmar. It is sandwiched between Kayin State on the east, the Andaman Sea on the west, Bago Region on the north and Tanintharyi Region on the south, and has a short border with Thailand's Kanchanaburi Province at its south-eastern tip. The land area is...
of southeastern Burma (Myanmar). It is the administrative center for Thanbyuzayat Township
Thanbyuzayat Township
Thanbyuzayat Township is a township of Mawlamyine District in the Mon State of Myanmar.Site of a War Cemetery and the Death Railway Museum, commemorating those POWs and Internees who died constructing the Burma-Siam Railway as slave labour during the Japanese occupation in WWII....
. Thanbyuzayat is about 64 kilometres (40 mi) south of Mawlamyine (Moulmein)
Mawlamyine
Mawlamyine is the fourth largest city of Burma , situated 300 km south east of Yangon and 70 km south of Thaton, at the mouth of Thanlwin river...
and 24 kilometres (15 mi) miles south-east of Kyaikkami (Amherst)
Kyaikkami
Kyaikkami is a resort town in the Mon State of south-east Myanmar.Formerly known as Amherst, named after William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, then governor-general, it is situated on a peninsula about south of the town of Mawlamyine. It is a popular destination for local pilgrims and some tourists...
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During World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
Thanbyuzayat was the western terminus of the Thailand–Burma Railway linking up with the pre-war coastal railway between Ye
Ye
Ye can refer to:* Ye , a form of the second-person, personal pronoun "you"* Ye , a Chinese surname* an archaic spelling of the definite article "þe" , used by early printers when the obsolescent letter "þ" was not available...
and Rangoon. Thanbyuzayat was also the site of a Japanese Prisoner of war
Prisoner of war
A prisoner of war or enemy prisoner of war is a person, whether civilian or combatant, who is held in custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict...
camp for the prisoners who worked on building the railway, and over 3,000 Allied servicemen are buried there in the Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery. Today a clock tower stands at the central road junction with roads headed north to Mawlamyine, south to Ye, and west to Kyaikkami and Setse
Setse
Setse is a beach resort on the Gulf of Martaban of the Andaman Sea in Thanbyuzayat Township, of Mon State, in southern Burma . The beach itself is composed of brown sand, is quite wide and long, but the water is often muddy when currents bring down silt from the Salween river which enters the...
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External links
- "Thanbyuzayat Map — Satellite Images of Thanbyuzayat" Maplandia World Gazetteer