Pyinmana (pyĭn'mänä'), town and township (1983 pop. 52,962), S central Myanmar, 55 mi (89 km) NNW of Toungoo. Pyinmana is located on Yangon-Mandalay railroad in a mountainous, forested region. Sugarcane is raised in the surrounding area and processed in the town. A forestry college is there. The forces of nationalist leader Aung San were based in Pyinmana during World War II, and the area was later a Communist insurgent stronghold. In late 2005 Myanmar's military government announced that the capital would be moved from Yangon to an extensive compound outside the town, and began transferring several government ministries to the new administrative capital, which was named Naypyidaw in 2006.
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| Coordinates: 19°45′N 96°12′E / 19.75°N 96.2°E | |
| Country | Myanmar (Burma) |
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| Admin. division | Mandalay Division |
| Population (2006 est.) | |
| - Total | 100,000 |
| - Ethnicities | Bamar, Burmese Indians, Kayin |
| - Religions | Buddhism |
Pyinmana (Burmese: ; population: 100,000 (2006 estimate)) is a logging town and sugar cane refinery center in Mandalay Division of Myanmar. The administrative capital of Myanmar was officially moved to a militarised greenfield site (which the leader, Than Shwe, dubbed Naypyidaw, or Royal City) two miles (3.2 km) west of Pyinmana on November 6, 2005. Pyinmana is approximately 200 miles (320 km) north of Yangon. The village of Yezin, a few miles north and east of Pyinmana, has been the site of national scientific research institutions since the late 1970s.
Pyinmana was the base of the Burma Independence Army (later renamed and reorganized into the Burma National Army by the Japanese). It was in Pyinmana that the army and its officers were trained. Later the BNA changed sides, aiding the allies with guerrilla warfare, and the operations were seen as a victory by the Burmese. Pyinmana became an icon in the Burmese Army, as the place where 'superior invaders' were defeated by the Burmese. Many have said that this is one of the reasons why the current junta chose the Pyinmana region - a place from which superior invaders would be defeated if Myanmar was invaded again.
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Coordinates: 19°44′N 96°12′E / 19.733°N 96.2°E
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