Naypyidaw

Myanmar

Naypyidaw, officially romanised as Nay Pyi Taw, is the capital and third-largest city of Myanmar. The city is located at the centre of the Naypyidaw Union Territory. It is unusual among Myanmar's cities in that it is an entirely planned city and not part of any state or region.

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Country: Myanmar
Population: 930,000
Latitude: 19.77° N
Longitude: 96.12° E

Which way is Naypyidaw from…

From Paris, Naypyidaw lies at 74° to the east, 8,633 km as the crow flies.

Paris	74° east	8,633 km
London	73° east	8,718 km
New York	11° north	13,213 km
Madrid	69° east	9,388 km
Rome	79° east	8,042 km
Montreal	11° north	12,683 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	47° north-east	6,325 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

In Montreal, a flat map would have you aim at Naypyidaw to the east, at 100°; the compass says 11°, north, because the shortest route crosses Greenland, the Arctic Ocean and Siberia. From London, aim at 73°, east, 8,718 km away, not at the 113° of a flat map. Naypyidaw lies on the latitude of Mexico City.