A Burmese city that attracts tourists from around the world is the destination for today's Geo Quiz. It's Burma's second largest city.
One of the best routes to this city is along the Ayeyarwady River. On any given day, the river is full of bamboo rafts, fishing boats and boatloads of tourists.
The Ayeyarwady River
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This fabled city is the country's unofficial cultural capital and center of Buddhism. There are many monasteries here, and hundreds of pagodas.
One of them houses the official Buddhist Bible, also known as the world's largest book. This city inspired a famous poem, and the name of a casino in Las Vegas. But there are no glittering lights in the city for now.
Myanmar's military government has imposed a night-time curfew here, and some foreign visitors are steering clear.
Protesting Burmese monks
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So name this riverside Burmese city - if you can.