Hainggyi Island (town)

Haigyi Island ဟိုင်းကြီးကျွန်း
Town
Hainggyikyun
Haigyi Island
Coordinates: 16°0′58.612″N 94°20′22.733″E
Country	Myanmar
Region	Ayeyarwady Region
District	Pathein
Township	Ngapudaw Township
Subtownship	Hainggyikyun Subtownship
Area
• Total	14.09 km^2 (5.44 sq mi)
Population  (2014)[1]	14,019
Time zone	UTC6:30 (MST)

Hainggyi Island (Burmese: ဟိုင်းကြီးကျွန်း, also spelt Haigyi Island or Hainggyikyun) is a town on the island of Hainggyi Island[2] located at the mouth of the Pathein River (formerly Bassein River)[3] in the Ayeyarwady Region of south-west Myanmar. It is the primary town within Hainggyikyun Subtownship within Ngapudaw Township in the Pathein District.

The town has an area of 5.44 square miles (14.1 km^2).[4]

The Pammawaddy Regional Command of the Myanmar Navy is headquartered in Hainggyi Island. The naval base used to host a few PLA personnel from china.[5] According to Andrew Selth, claims of a massive PLA base on Hainggyi Island is plainly incorrect and gained popularity because of hysterical quotations by commentators.[6]

References

1. "The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census: Hainggyikyun Township Report". Open Development Mekong (in Burmese). Open Development Myanmar. May 2017.
2. Way: Hainggyi Kyun (24853849) OpenStreetMap
3. Shivananda, H (July 2011). "Sino-Myanmar Military Cooperation and its Implications for India" (PDF). Journal of Defence Studies. 5 (3). Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses: 117–127.
4. Myanmar Information Management Unit (September 2019). Ngapudaw Myone Daethasaingyarachatlatmya ငပုတောမြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ [Ngapudaw Township Regional Information] (PDF) (Report). MIMU. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
5. "Navy Bases". globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
6. Selth, Andrew (September 2003). Burma's China Connection and the Indian Ocean Region. Strategic & Defence Studies Centre. ISBN 978-0731554362.