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Thanbyuzayat Township

Coordinates: 15°58′00″N 97°44′00″E / 15.9667°N 97.7333°E / 15.9667; 97.7333
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Thanbyuzayat Township
သံဖြူဇရပ်မြို့နယ်
Location in Mawlamyine district
Location in Mawlamyine district
Country Myanmar
StateMon State
DistrictMawlamyine District
CapitalThanbyuzayat
Time zoneUTC+6:30 (MST)

Thanbyuzayat Township (Burmese: သံဖြူဇရပ်မြို့နယ်, Mon: ပွိုၚ်ဍုၚ်ဇြပ်ဗုlisten) is a township of Mawlamyine District in the Mon State of Myanmar. It is the site of a war cemetery and the Death Railway Museum, commemorating the prisoners of war and internees who died constructing the Burma-Siam Railway as slave labour during the Japanese occupation in World War II.

15°58′00″N 97°44′00″E / 15.9667°N 97.7333°E / 15.9667; 97.7333