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{{Infobox settlement
|native_name = {{nobold|ပုသိမ်မြို့}}
|official_name = Pathein
|other_name = Bassein
|pushpin_label_position = left
|pushpin_map = Burma
|pushpin_map_caption = Location of Pathein, Myanmar (Burma)
|image_skyline = Pathein.JPG
|image_map =
|map_caption =
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{flag|Burma}}
|subdivision_type1 = [[Administrative divisions of Burma|Division]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Ayeyarwady Region]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Burma|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Pathein District]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[Townships of Burma|Township]]
|subdivision_name3 = [[Pathein Township]]
|unit_pref = Imperial
|area_code = 42<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://en.18dao.net/Area_Code/Myanmar | title=Myanmar Area Codes | accessdate=2009-04-10}}</ref>
|area_total_km2 =
|population =
|population_as_of =
|population_blank1 = [[Bamar]], [[Burmese Indians]], [[Karen people|Kayin]]
|population_blank1_title = Ethnicities
|population_blank2 = [[Buddhism]]
|population_blank2_title = Religions
|population_density_km2 = auto
|population_total = 315,600
|coordinates = {{coord|16|46|N|94|43|E|region:MM|display=inline}}
|elevation_ft =
|elevation_m =
|timezone = [[Time in Burma|MST]]
|utc_offset = +6.30
|website =
}}

'''Pathein''' ({{MYname|MY=ပုသိမ်မြို့|MLCTS=pu. sim mrui.}}, {{IPA-my|pəθèiɴ mjo̰}}; {{lang-mnw|ဖာသဳ}}, {{IPA-mnw|pha sɛm|}}), formerly called '''Bassein''', is a port city with a 2004 population estimated at 315,600, and the capital of the [[Ayeyarwady Region]], [[Burma]].  It lies on the [[Pathein River]] (Bassein), which is a western branch of the [[Irrawaddy River]].<ref name="EB">{{Cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/55491/Pathein|title=Pathein|publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]|accessdate=August 21, 2009}}</ref>
Pathein is the fowert lairgest ceety o Burma (Myanmar), situatit {{convert|190|km}} wast o Yangon.

==References==
{{Wikivoyage|Pathein}}
{{Commons category}}
{{Wikisource1911Enc|Bassein}}
{{Reflist}}

{{Coord|16|46|27|N|94|43|54|E|type:city|display=title}}

[[Category:Populatit places in Ayeyarwady Region]]
[[Category:Tounship caipitals o Myanmar]]
[[Category:Pathein| ]]