Taunggyi

Taunggyi stands on the Shan plateau above the basin of Inle Lake. Before its growth into a town, it was a small Pa-O settlement within the territory of the Shan state of Yawnghwe. The surrounding highlands include ridges, fertile valleys and the lake itself, whose shores supported communities long before Taunggyi became an administrative centre. Its name in Burmese means “big mountain”.