Maymyo
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| Maymyo | |
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| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 22.03455°N, 96.458747°E |
| Altitude: | 1,070 metres (3,510 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Pyin Oo Lwin |
| State/Province: | Mandalay Division |
| Country: | Burma |
| Transport links | |
| Mandalay-Lashio Branch Railway of Burma Railway | |
Maymyo was the principal hill station in Mandalay District, Upper Burma during the British period.
Spelling variants
Modern name: Pyin Oo Lwin
Previous name: Maymyo, and even earlier, Remyo.[1]
FIBIS resources
External links
- Pyin Oo Lwin: Myanmar's Highland City of Flowers. This informative website includes historical information, including cemeteries and churches.
- "Run for the hills" by Amaury Lorin 12 May 2014 The Myanmar Times. Retrieved 26 August 2014
- “A British Boy in Wartime Burma” by Richard Hurley BBC-WW2 People’s War. Hurley was a 9 year old boy living in Maymyo when Japanese warplanes attacked in 1942. Retrieved 26 August 2014
Historical books online
- "Maymyo Town" Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 17, page 238.
- An English girl's first impression of Burmah by Beth Ellis 1899 Archive.org. The author stayed with her sister and brother-in-law at Remyo. (Biographical details of the author.[1])
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "An English Girl’s First Impressions of Burmah" July 24, 2012. See the comments for biographical details of the author and information about Remyo.