Thanlyin

Coordinates: 16°44′0″N 96°15′0″E / 16.73333°N 96.25000°E / 16.73333; 96.25000
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Thanlyin
သန်လျင်မြို့
City
City of Thanlyin
UTC6:30 (MST)
Postal codes
11291-11293
Area code(s)1 (mobile: 80, 99)

Thanlyin (

Thilawa port
.

History

Thanlyin first came to prominence in the 15th century as the main port city of the

Buddhist temples.[2]

Thanlyin remained the major port of the Taungoo kingdom until the mid-18th century. In the 1740s, Thanlyin was made the base of the French East India Company for their help in the Mon's reestablishment of Hanthawaddy Kingdom. The arrangement lasted until 1756 when King Alaungpaya of Konbaung dynasty captured the city. From then on, the importance has shifted to Yangon across the river, which Alaungpaya founded just a year earlier.[3]

Thanlyin became part of the British Empire in 1852 after the Second Anglo-Burmese War. The British made the city into the oil refinery center of the country in the early 20th century to process the oil shipped from central Burma. The refinery was destroyed during World War II. The Thanlyin refinery was rebuilt in 1957, and underwent expansion in 1979 with Japanese assistance. In 1979 a pipeline was completed between Syriam and the Mann oilfield.

Since the 1990s, the city has undergone major changes. Thanlyin was finally connected to Yangon by road in 1993 when the

University of East Yangon and Technological University, Thanlyin
. The city's population has increased from 43,000 in 1983 to 123,000 in 1996.

Transport

Thanlyin is connected to the country's fledgling highway network. The

Irrawaddy delta over the Twante Canal
are available from Yangon's passenger ports.

Economy

Thilawa port is the largest deep water sea port in the country, and handles the majority of the shipped imports and exports to/from the country.

Education

Thanlyin is home to

Co-operative University, Thanlyin
for business.

Points of interest

See also

References

  1. ^ "Profile of Thanlyin Township" (PDF). Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU). April 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2011. [dead link]
  2. ^ Donald Frederick Lach and Edwin J. Van Kley (1998). A Century of Advance: south-east Asia Volume 3 of Asia in the Making of Europe Vol. III Series. University of Chicago Press. pp. 1126–1130.
  3. ^ Lt. Gen. Sir Arthur P. Phayre (1967). History of Burma (2 ed.). London: Susil Gupta. p. 159.
  4. ^ May Thandar Win (16 February 2004). "Yangon's ports expanding". The Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 8 May 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  5. The New Light of Myanmar. 9 July 2006. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2009.

External links

  • Media related to Thanlyin at Wikimedia Commons
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