Inya Lake

Inya Lake

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Inya Lake ( _my. (Myanmar), a popular recreational area for Yangonites, and a famous location for romance in popular culture. Located 6 miles (9.7 km) north of downtown Yangon, Inya Lake is bounded by Parami Road on the north, Pyay Road on the west, Inya Road on the southwest, University Avenue on the south, and Kaba Aye Pagoda Road on the east.

The area surrounding Inya Lake is one of the most exclusive neighborhoods in Yangon. Except for a public park on the southwestern bank by Yangon University, much of the shoreline is some of the most expensive private property in the country. Lakefront properties include residences of Aung San Suu Kyi, the late strongman Gen. Ne Win and the United States ambassador.

Public access to the lake is available through Kaba Aye Pagoda Road, and most popularly, through Inya Road and Pyay Road, next to Yangon University. It takes about 2 hours to circle the lake on foot.

History

Inya Lake is an artificial lake created by the British as a water reservoir between 1882 to 1883 in order to provide water supply in Yangon.cite book |title=Transactions of the Seventh International Congress of Hygiene and Demography |year= |publisher=Eyre and Spottiswoode |location= |year=1892 ] The lake was formed by joining small hills that surrounded creeks that formed during the monsoonal season. A series of pipes and cables distributes water from Inya Lake to Kandawgyi Lake near downtown Yangon.

Inya Lake Park

Located next to Yangon University, the 37-acre (15-hectare) park is most well known as a romantic dating area for the university students, and is chronicled many times over in Burmese popular culture (novels, movies, songs, etc.) In addition to dating, other activities available to visitors include swimming, sailing and rowing. Yangon's premier sailing club is based here.

Miscellaneous

* The Second Far East Regional Scout Conference was hosted by the University of Rangoon in 1960, with the First Far East Professional Scouters Training Conference held at "Inyale Camp" on Inya Lake as an ancillary event.

* On 16 March 1988, following the killing of two students during the pro-democracy demonstrations, students marching on Prome Road (now Pyay Road) were confronted near Inya Lake by the "Lon Htein" security force riot police and many beaten to death or drowned.

* "Inya Lake" is the name of a racehorse, the 1998 winner of the Molecomb Stakes.

References

*"History of Rangoon", B. R. Pearn, American Baptist Missionary Press, 1939
*"Scouting 'Round the World", John S. Wilson, first edition, Blandford Press 1959


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