Thanbyuzayat Township

Thanbyuzayat Township
သံဖြူဇရပ်မြို့နယ်
Township
Country  Burma
State Mon State
District Mawlamyine District
Capital Thanbyuzayat
Time zone MST (UTC+6:30)

Thanbyuzayat Township (Burmese: သံဖြူဇရပ်မြို့နယ်) is a township of Mawlamyine District in the Mon State of Myanmar.

Site of a War Cemetery and the Death Railway Museum, commemorating those POWs and Internees who died constructing the Burma-Siam Railway as slave labour during the Japanese occupation in World War II.

Coordinates: 15°58′00″N 97°44′00″E / 15.9667°N 97.7333°E / 15.9667; 97.7333


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