Pinlaung
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Pinlaung |
| settlement_type | Town |
| image_skyline | Pin Laoung Town, Southern Shan State.JPG |
| image_caption | Aerial View of Pinlaung |
| pushpin_map | Burma |
| pushpin_label_position | right |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Burma |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Myanmar |
| subdivision_type1 | State |
| subdivision_name1 | Shan State |
| subdivision_type2 | District |
| subdivision_name2 | Pa-O Self-Administered Zone |
| subdivision_type3 | Township |
| subdivision_name3 | Pinlaung Township |
| timezone | MST |
| utc_offset | +6.30 |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_m | 1,510 |
| elevation_ft | 5,000 |
| :: |
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Pinlaung is a town 1510 m above sea level and seat of Pinlaung Township, in the Pa-O Self-Administered Zone of Shan State of eastern-central Burma. It lies along National Road 54, north-west by road from Loikaw. Running through the city center is a rail line connecting Loikaw to Kalaw, two major tourist towns in the area.
Demographics
Pinlaung is primarily home to Pa'O and Shan ethnic groups.
Tourism
Tourists who visit the town of Pinlaung may visit Mway Daw Pagoda, the Nam Hoo Kyaung Tike Temple, and an authentic traditional craft market. Twenty minutes from the city center is another popular destination with tourists, Loi Maung Taung Pagoda. This stupa sits at the highest peak in the region, Loi Maung Taung. Another, lesser-known, mountain outside of the city center is Wingabar Mountain. This historic mountain is located 3.5 mi from Pinlaung in the village of Taung Hti Bwar and features a full-length cave, called Yar Za Cave or Hti Bwar Cave.
Economics
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Pa'O_Girl_in_Pinlaung_near_Potato_Field.jpg" caption="Girl in Pa'O traditional dress on a potato farm in Pinlaung, Pinlaung Township, Shan State, Myanmar (Pa'O Self-Administered Zone)"] ::
Traditionally, farmers from the Pinlaung area grew subsistence crops such as cheroot leaves, maize and beans. When the opium trade took off in the 1900s, poppy became a major cash crop in the area. However, in recent years, there have been efforts to focus on other saleable crops such as coffee and tea. Now, Pinlaung is the premier tea-growing town in Myanmar, with the Assam tea being the most predominant cultivar grown. Furthermore, cabbage, cauliflower, potato, corn and sesame grow in abundance due to the favourable climate conditions.
Before 2010, accessing Pinlaung was a difficult task. Merchants from Naypyidaw, southern, and western Myanmar who wanted trade with the highland farmers and ethnic tribes in Pinlaung were required to traverse the dangerous winding roads of Elephant Mountain (Sin Taung) and cross the Paung Laung River by boat. Then, Myanmar's former government contracted P.T.Waagner-Biro Indonesia together with Supreme Group of Companies to construct an expansive steel truss suspension bridge to span the river. The bridge, known as the Leinli Bridge, would become the highest of its kind in Myanmar. The bridge was opened on 5 November 2010, at a cost of 3.476 million in foreign currency and an additional 14,500 million kyats.
Climate
Pinlaung has a subtropical highland climate (Cwb). | location = Pinlaung, elevation 1463 m, (1981–2010, extremes 2001–2010) | single line = Y | metric first = Y | width = auto | Jan record high C = 28.3 | Feb record high C = 28.2 | Mar record high C = 31.4 | Apr record high C = 33.0 | May record high C = 33.4 | Jun record high C = 29.6 | Jul record high C = 28.4 | Aug record high C = 29.4 | Sep record high C = 28.6 | Oct record high C = 29.4 | Nov record high C = 28.6 | Dec record high C = 26.8 |year record high C = | Jan high C = 22.7 | Feb high C = 24.1 | Mar high C = 26.5 | Apr high C = 28.2 | May high C = 25.9 | Jun high C = 24.5 | Jul high C = 22.3 | Aug high C = 22.8 | Sep high C = 24.3 | Oct high C = 24.8 | Nov high C = 23.7 | Dec high C = 22.6 | year high C =
|Jan mean C = 13.4 |Feb mean C = 15.1 |Mar mean C = 18.0 |Apr mean C = 21.0 |May mean C = 21.3 |Jun mean C = 20.9 |Jul mean C = 19.7 |Aug mean C = 20.0 |Sep mean C = 20.5 |Oct mean C = 19.8 |Nov mean C = 17.4 |Dec mean C = 14.3 |year mean C =
| Jan low C = 4.1 | Feb low C = 6.1 | Mar low C = 9.5 | Apr low C = 13.9 | May low C = 16.7 | Jun low C = 17.4 | Jul low C = 17.2 | Aug low C = 17.3 | Sep low C = 16.8 | Oct low C = 14.9 | Nov low C = 11.1 | Dec low C = 6.0 | year low C = | Jan record low C = -2.0 | Feb record low C = 0.1 | Mar record low C = 3.5 | Apr record low C = 9.0 | May record low C = 9.6 | Jun record low C = 12.6 | Jul record low C = 14.8 | Aug record low C = 15.0 | Sep record low C = 12.0 | Oct record low C = 10.2 | Nov record low C = 1.3 | Dec record low C = -1.3 |year record low C = | rain colour = green | Jan rain mm = 2.7 | Feb rain mm = 5.9 | Mar rain mm = 9.6 | Apr rain mm = 57.1 | May rain mm = 171.9 | Jun rain mm = 178.3 | Jul rain mm = 213.0 | Aug rain mm = 290.9 | Sep rain mm = 280.7 | Oct rain mm = 175.6 | Nov rain mm = 75.5 | Dec rain mm = 10.0 | year rain mm = 1471.2 | source 1 = Norwegian Meteorological Institute
References
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- "Myanmar Climate Report". Norwegian Meteorological Institute.
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