Taunggyi

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Taunggyi တောင်ကြီးမြို့ (Burmese) ဝေင်ꩻတောင်ႏကီꩻ (Pa'o Karen) ဝဵင်းတူၼ်ႈတီး (Shan)
City
A view of Taunggyi
Taunggyi Location of Taunggyi, Myanmar
Coordinates: 20°47′N 97°02′E / 20.783°N 97.033°E / 20.783; 97.033
Country	Myanmar
State	Shan State
District	Pa'O Taunggyi District
Township	Taunggyi Township
Founded	1894
Elevation	4,590 ft (1,400 m)
Population  (2014 Census)[1]
• City	381,639
• Urban	264,804
• Rural	116,835
• Ethnicities	Pa-O Tai Burmese Chinese Shan Burmese Indians Gurkha
• Religions	Buddhism Christianity Islam
Demonym	Taunggese
Time zone	UTC+6.30 (MST)

Taunggyi (Burmese: တောင်ကြီးမြို့; MLCTS: taung kri: mrui. [tàʊɰ̃dʑí mjo̰]; Pa'o:ဝေင်ꩻတောင်ႏကီꩻ;Shan: ဝဵင်းတူၼ်ႈတီး Shan pronunciation: [weŋ˥ ton˧˧˨ ti˥]) is the capital and largest city of Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) and lies on the Thazi-Kyaingtong road at an elevation of 4,712 feet (1,436 m), just north of Shwenyaung and Inle Lake within the Myelat region.^[2] Taunggyi is the fifth largest city of Myanmar,^[3] and has an estimated population of 380,665 as of 2014.^[4] The city is famous for its hot air balloon festival held annually on the full moon day of Tazaungmon.^[5]