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|coordinates= [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=18.816667,95.216667&spn=0.1,0.1&q=18.53,73.85 18.816667°N, 95.216667°E]
 
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'''Prome''' is a town on the Irrawaddy River in [[Burma]]. The Irrawaddy Flotilla Company built up the town in the late 1800s to provide a shipping base between Upper and Lower Burma.
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'''Prome''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V20_225.gif Prome District] in the Pegu Division of Lower Burma during the British period. The [[Irrawaddy Flotilla Company]] built up the town in the late 1800s to provide a shipping base on the river between Upper and Lower Burma.
  
 
== Military history ==
 
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Modern name: Pyay<br>
 
Modern name: Pyay<br>
 
Variants: Pye/Prome<br>
 
Variants: Pye/Prome<br>
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== External links ==
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[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V20_235.gif Prome Town] Imperial Gazetteer<br>
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[[Category:Locations]]
 
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[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]]
 
[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]]

Latest revision as of 21:41, 18 January 2015

Prome
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 18.816667°N, 95.216667°E
Altitude: 37 m (120 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Pyay
State/Province: Bago Division
Country: Burma
Transport links
FibiWiki Maps
See our interactive map of this location showing
places of interest during the British period
[xxxxx Prome]


THIS PAGE IS WAITING FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION

Prome was the headquarters of Prome District in the Pegu Division of Lower Burma during the British period. The Irrawaddy Flotilla Company built up the town in the late 1800s to provide a shipping base on the river between Upper and Lower Burma.

Military history

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Pyay
Variants: Pye/Prome

External links

Prome Town Imperial Gazetteer