Phalangon () is a village in

Ye-U Township Ye-U Township is a township in Ye-U District in the Sagaing Region of Myanmar. In 2022, the township was split from its former Shwebo District to form part of the new Ye-U District. The township is located in the north-western part of the country ...

Sagaing Region Sagaing Region (, ; formerly Sagaing Division) is an administrative divisions of Myanmar, administrative region of Myanmar, located in the north-western part of the country between latitude 21° 30' north and longitude 94° 97' east. It is border ...

Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

. The village is the home to the chief queen

Nanmadaw Me Nu Nanmadaw Me Nu (, ; 18 June 1783 – 12 May 1840), commonly known by her regnal title Thiri Pavara Mahayazeinda Yadana Dewi (; ) was the List of Burmese royal consorts, chief queen consort of King Bagyidaw of the Konbaung dynasty of Burma from 181 ...

and founded by her great-grand father Bala Thaman who was posted to the Phalangon village fort during the reign of King

Mahadhammaraza Dipadi Maha Dhammaraza Dipati (, ; ; 1714–1754), was the last king of Toungoo dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1733 to 1752. The young king inherited a kingdom already in severe decline, and his inexperience only made the decline faster, finally result ...

of Nyaungyan dynasty to guard against the danger of

Manipur Manipur () is a state in northeastern India with Imphal as its capital. It borders the Indian states of Assam to the west, Mizoram to the south, and Nagaland to the north and shares the international border with Myanmar, specifically t ...

Gallery

File:DonatedByMeNu PhaLanGon.JPG, Donated by Nanmadaw Me Nu in Phalangon File:LakeView PhaLanGon.JPG, Lake view in Phalangon File:OldPagoda PhaLanGon.JPG, Old Pagoda in Phalangon File:Pagoda PhaLanGon.JPG, Pagoda in Phalangon File:Temple PhaLanGon.JPG, Temple in Phalangon File:Tree PhaLanGon.JPG, Tree in Phalangon File:TwoLion PhaLanGon.JPG, Two Lion in Phalangon File:TwoLions PhaLanGon.JPG, Two Lions in Phalangon

References

Populated places in Sagaing Region {{Sagaing-geo-stub