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Bilin ၜဳကၠေၚ် ဘီးလင်းမြို့
Town
BilinLocation in Burma
Coordinates: 17°14′N 97°15′E / 17.233°N 97.250°E / 17.233; 97.250
Country	Myanmar
Division	Mon State
Population
• Religions	Buddhism
Time zone	UTC+6.30 (MST)

Bilin (Burmese: ဘီးလင်းမြို့; Mon: ၜဳကၠေၚ်) is a town in the Mon State of south-east Myanmar. It is the seat of Bilin Township. The Yangon-Mawlamyine Highway passes through Belin. The nearby Belin River flows into the Gulf of Martaban. The majority of residents are Bamar, and there are also members of the Kayin and Pa-O ethnic groups. The majority of people are Buddhists. Belin Township is home to the famous Kyaikhtisaung Pagoda located on a laterite stone hillock near Zoke Thoke village. The hillock itself was formed by laying laterite stones in squares of diminishing size on top of each other. The Malayalam novelist, U. A. Khader was born in Bilin in 1935.

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-13. Retrieved 2013-06-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

• Satellite map at Maplandia.com
• Map of Bilin, Myanmar, Asia - Collins Maps

v t e Mon State
Capital: Mawlamyine
Mawlamyine District	Chaungzon Township Kyaikmaraw Township Mawlamyine Township Mudon Township Thanbyuzayat Township Ye Township
Thaton District	Bilin Township Kyaikto Township Paung Township Thaton Township
Cities, towns, and villages	Bilin Chaungzon Kamarwet Kyaikkhami Kyaikmaraw Kyaikto Mawlamyine Mudon Paung Zinkyaik Sittaung (historic site) Thanbyuzayat Thaton Thuwanawaddy Ye Khawzar

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