Bilu Island

Bilu Island (Burmese: ဘီလူးကျွန်း; Mon: တေကာ့ခမိုင်း; Bilu Kyun, lit. "ogre island") is a Deltaic island of Salween(Thanlwin) River 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]

Bilu Island ဘီလူးကျွန်း
Island of Mon State
View of Bilu Island from Mawlamyaing
Nickname(s):  Takoa Khamaing
Bilu Island Location of Bilu Island
Coordinates: 16.369383°N 97.517714°E
Country	Myanmar
Region	Mon State
District	Mawlamyine District
Township	Chaungzon Township
Time zone	UTC+6:30 (Myanmar Standard Time)

On 8 February 2015, the Mon State government began a construction project to build a 1,586 metres (5,203 ft) bridge, the Bogyoke Aung San 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. "Introducing Bilu Kyun". Lonely Planet. Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
2. Danmark, Maria (25 March 2013). "Bilu Kyun Island in Mon State: a transport time warp". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
3. "ဘီလူးကျွန်း-သံလွင်တံတား ပန္နက်ရိုက်အခမ်းအနားပြုလုပ်". လွတ်လပ်သော မွန်သတင်းအေဂျင်စီ (in Burmese). 9 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
4. Naw Say Phaw Waa (16 February 2015). "Ministers break ground on new Mawlamyine bridge". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 17 February 2015.