Pantanaw
Sign in to savePantanaw ( ) is a town in the Ayeyarwady Region of south-west Myanmar. It is the seat of the Pantanaw Township in the Maubin District. It is the hometown of former Secretary-General of the United Nations U Thant, who was known in Burmese naming convention as Pantanaw U Thant. The renowned modern painter Ba Nyan was also born in Pantanaw.
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Vinony files it under Populated places in Ayeyarwady Region and Township capitals of Myanmar.
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- Country
- Myanmar
- Located in
- Maubin District
- Time zone
- UTC+06:30
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Pantanaw ( ) is a town in the Ayeyarwady Region of south-west Myanmar. It is the seat of the Pantanaw Township in the Maubin District. It is the hometown of former Secretary-General of the United Nations U Thant, who was known in Burmese naming convention as Pantanaw U Thant. The renowned modern painter Ba Nyan was also born in Pantanaw.
Former Prime Minister U Nu was a superintendent of schools in Pantanaw Township at the urge of his friend U Thant who was a headmaster at the school in Pantanaw.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pantanaw” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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