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Nay Pyi Taw

Capital of Myanmar

Watercolour of Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. The vast, meticulously landscaped city laid out across the central plains of Myanmar between the Bago Yoma and Shan Hills, with Uppatasanti Pagoda and Parliament Complex.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Uppatasanti Pagoda; Parliament Complex; National Landmark Garden; Shan Hills; Burmese
Viewpoint
Favor an elevated viewpoint overlooking one of the grand boulevards toward the Uppatasanti Pagoda or the Parliament complex, capturing the colossal scale of the planned landscape, the green verges, and the gentle Shan Hills in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in the vast manicured parklands, road medians, teak plantations, and surrounding mountain slopes.
Guarded against
Not historic Yangon or ancient Bagan
Population925,000Wikidata: 1,160,242
Coordinates19.75°N, 96.13°E
Elevation115 m
Area7,054 km²
Time zoneAsia/YangonUTC+6:30
Solar noon12:05clock runs 0.1 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Nay Pyi Taw and you surface in open ocean, nearest to Paracas, Peru — 1,040 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

MandalayMM247 km
YangonMM327 km
ChattogramBD531 km
ComillaBD656 km
VientianeLA709 km
DhakaBD737 km
GazipurBD755 km
KhulnaBD761 km

Twinned cities

Wikidata records no twinned cities for Nay Pyi Taw inside this atlas.

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