Mount Zwegabin (Kwekabaw) (Phlone: ခွဲါက္ၜင်; Burmese: ဇွဲကပင်တောင်; S'gaw Karen: ကွဲၢ်ကဘီကစၢၢ်) is a mountain in Myanmar. It is located in Kayin State, in the southern part of the country, around 450 km south of the capital Naypyidaw.[1] The top of Zwegabin is 722 metres (2,369 ft) above sea level.

Zwegabin (Burmese), Kwekabaw (Karen)
ဇွဲကပင်တောင်, ကွဲၢ်ကဘီ
A buddha statue garden is located near the starting point of the stairs to the top of the mountain. Buildings in the top of the mountain belong to Mount Zwegabin monastery.
Highest point
Elevation	722 m (2,369 ft)
Coordinates	16°49′31″N 97°40′08″E
Geography
Zwegabin (Burmese), Kwekabaw (Karen) Location in Myanmar
Location	Kayin State, Myanmar
Parent range	Tenasserim Hills

The terrain around Mount Zwegabin is flat to the north-west, but hilly to the south-east. Calculated from the variance of all elevation data (DEM 3 ") from Viewfinder Panoramas, within 10 kilometers radius.[2] Mount Zwegabin is the highest point in the region. The area around Mount Zwegabin, is quite densely populated, with 155 inhabitants per square kilometer. The closest major city is Hpa-an, 8.2 km northwest of Mount Zwegabin. The surroundings around the mountains are a mosaic of agricultural land and natural vegetation.

See also

• Saddan Cave
• List of mountains in Myanmar

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mount Zwegabin.

• "Viewfinder Panoramas Digital elevation Model" (2015-6-21).
• "Zwekabin Taung" said"Geonames.org (cc-by)" Geonames.org]; mail updated 2016-06-01; database download downloaded 2016-10-22
• "NASA Earth Observations: Population Density NASA/SEDAO
• "NASA Earth Observations: Land Cover Classification" NASA/MODES
• Peel, M C; Finlayson, B L."Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification " Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 11: p. 1633–1644.
• "NASA Earth Observations Data set Index NASA
• "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month-TRMM) NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission

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