Bilu Island
| Bilu Island ဘီလူးကျွန်း |
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| Island of Mon State | |
 Bilu Island
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| Country | Myanmar |
| Region | Mon State |
| District | Mawlamyine District |
| Township | Chaungzon Township |
| Time zone | Myanmar Standard Time (UTC+6:30) |
Bilu Island (Burmese: ဘီလူးကျွန်း; Bilu Kyun, lit. "ogre island") is an island 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]
On 8 February 2015, the Mon State government began a construction project to build a 1,586 metres (5,203 ft) bridge, the Bilu Island-Thanlwin 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]
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