Bilu Island
| Bilu Island ဘီလူးကျွန်း | |
|---|---|
| Island of Mon State | |
| Nickname(s): Takoa Khamaing | |
  Bilu Island Location of Bilu Island | |
| Coordinates: 16°22′10″N 97°31′04″E / 16.369383°N 97.517714°E | |
| Country | Myanmar |
| Region | Mon State |
| District | Mawlamyine District |
| Township | Chaungzon Township |
| Time zone | Myanmar Standard Time (UTC+6:30) |
Bilu Island (Burmese: ဘီလူးကျွန်း; Mon: တေကာ့ခမိုင်း; Bilu Kyun, lit. "ogre island") is an island 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 Bilu Island-Thanlwin 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] Bilu Island is not connected to the national electricity grid.[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.
References
- 1 2 "Introducing Bilu Kyun". Lonely Planet. Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- ↑ Danmark, Maria (25 March 2013). "Bilu Kyun Island in Mon State: a transport time warp". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- ↑ "ဘီလူးကျွန်း-သံလွင်တံတား ပန္နက်ရိုက်အခမ်းအနားပြုလုပ်". လွတ်လပ်သော မွန်သတင်းအေဂျင်စီ (in Burmese). 9 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- 1 2 3 Naw Say Phaw Waa (16 February 2015). "Ministers break ground on new Mawlamyine bridge". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 17 February 2015.