Pyapon is a town and seat of Pyapon District as well as Pyapon Township in the Ayeyarwady Region of Myanmar, along the Pyapon River, a distributary of the Ayeyarwady River. It is located about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) inland from the Andaman Sea, about 75 miles (121 km) south of the previous capital, Yangon. In 2023, it had a population of 47,082. It serves as a center for collecting rice from the surrounding agricultural areas, and is home to a diesel-run power plant, using equipment by the German firm Siemens.
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Tourists and visitors to Pyapon cruise in the nearby backwaters where nearby mangroves are home to birds, crocodiles and, occasionally, dolphins.
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Towns around Pyapon
- Kyaiklat18 km N
- Dawbon27 km N
- Bogale30 km W
- Kungyangon40 km NE
- Mawlamyinegyunn45 km W
- Maubin50 km N
- Twante54 km NE
- Kanbe58 km NE
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