Thanbyuzayat


Thanbyuzayat is a town in the Mon State of south-eastern Myanmar. It is the administrative center for Thanbyuzayat Township. Thanbyuzayat is about south of Mawlamyine and south-east of Kyaikkami and Setse beach.

History

The name of the town gets its name from a white tin zayat located in the town centre. The interjunction that tin zayat located was once a rest place for travellers, and the tin zayat was constructed in 1874 by a Mon lady called Mi Gee Yut.
During World War II, Thanbyuzayat was the western terminus of the notorious Death Railway linking up with the pre-war coastal railway between Ye and Rangoon. Thanbyuzayat was also the site of a Japanese Prisoner of war camp for the prisoners who worked on building the railway, and over 3,000 Allied servicemen are buried there in the Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery. During WWII, Thanbyuzayat was just a large village within Kyaikkami township, and later gained town status.

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