Bilu Island

Bilu Island
‹See Tfd›ဘီလူးကျွန်း
Island of Mon State
Aerial view of Bilu Island
Aerial view of Bilu Island
Nickname: 
Takoa Khamaing
Bilu Island is located in Myanmar
Bilu Island
Bilu Island
Location of Bilu Island
Coordinates: 16°22′10″N 97°31′04″E / 16.369383°N 97.517714°E / 16.369383; 97.517714
CountryMyanmar
RegionMon State
DistrictMawlamyine District
TownshipChaungzon Township
Time zoneUTC+6:30 (Myanmar Standard Time)

Bilu Island (Burmese: ဘီလူးကျွန်း; Mon: တေကာ့ခမိုင်း; Bilu Kyun, lit. "ogre island") is a Deltaic island of the Salween (Thanlwin) River in Chaungzon Township, Mon State, located west of Mawlamyine.[1] The island is roughly the size of Singapore, and inhabited by 200,000 people.[1][2]

On 8 February 2015, the Mon State government began a construction project to build a 1,586 metres (5,203 ft) bridge, the Bogyoke Aung San bridge, to connect Mawlamyine's Mupun jetty to Bilu Island's Ka-nyaw village, the first to be constructed.[3][4] The project, which is estimated to cost US$60 million, will be constructed by a Japan-Burma joint venture.[4] The people in this island depend on some interesting home industries such as black boards for schools, rubber bands, cane products, wooden pipes, pencils, pens and tobacco.Bliu island is now connected to the national electrical grid.

  1. ^ a b "Introducing Bilu Kyun". Lonely Planet. Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  2. ^ Danmark, Maria (25 March 2013). "Bilu Kyun Island in Mon State: a transport time warp". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  3. ^ "ဘီလူးကျွန်း-သံလွင်တံတား ပန္နက်ရိုက်အခမ်းအနားပြုလုပ်". လွတ်လပ်သော မွန်သတင်းအေဂျင်စီ (in Burmese). 9 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  4. ^ a b Naw Say Phaw Waa (16 February 2015). "Ministers break ground on new Mawlamyine bridge". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 17 February 2015.