Kan Thar Yar Lake

{{Short description|Lake in Myanmar}}

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| name = Kan Thar Yar Lake

| native_name = {{native name|my|ကန်သာယာရေကန်}}

| image = Kantharyar Lake.jpg

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| alt = Image of Kan Thar Yar Lake and bridge

| caption = Kan Thar Yar Lake and bridge

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| location = Hpa-an, Kayin State

| coords = {{Coord|16|52|48|N|97|38|03|E|region:MM_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}}

| type = Reservoir

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| basin_countries = Myanmar

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| pushpin_map_alt = Location of Kan Thar Yar Lake in Myanmar

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| area = {{cvt|100|acre}}

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Kan Thar Yar Lake (ကန်သာယာရေကန်) is the largest lake in Kayin State. The lake is a popular recreational area for tourists and a famous location for romance in popular culture.{{Cite web |title=The State of Social Harmony in Kayin State – Quantitative Data |url=https://www.cdnh.org/publication/data/the-state-of-social-harmony-in-kayin-state-quantitative-data/ |access-date=2022-10-24 |website=www.cdnh.org}} It is also famous for the Kantharyar Bridge that crosses it. It is located in the center of Hpa-an. Kan Thar Yar Lake is about 100 acres wide.{{Cite web |title=ဘားအံမြို့ ကန်သာယာလူကူးတံတား(ဦးပေါက်တံတား)ဖွင့်လှစ် |url=https://www.myanmardigitalnewspaper.com/my/bhaaanmiu-knsaayaaluukuuttnttaauupekttnttaaphnglc |access-date=2022-10-24 |website=MDN - Myanmar DigitalNews |language=my}}

To attract local and foreign tourists, the Kayin State Government has built a new 12-foot-wide circuit, Zwekabin Park, and a children's playground, as well as waterfalls on the circuit of the lake. In April 2022, the Kayin State Government used 289 million Myanmar Kyats to build another pedestrian bridge over Kan Thar Yar Lake.{{Cite web |title=ကရင်ပြည်နယ်၊ ဝန်ကြီးချုပ် ဦးစောမြင့်ဦး ဘားအံမြို့၊ အမှတ် (၄) ရပ်ကွက်၊ ကန်သာယာပတ်လမ်း၊ ဦးပေါက်တံတားဖွင့်ပွဲသို့ တက်ရောက် |url=https://mrtv.gov.mm/mm/news-145746 |access-date=2022-10-24 |website=Myanma Radio and Television |language=my}}