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Three Pagodas Pass is popular with tourists, who are allowed to obtain a one-day visa from the Thai side to visit Payathonsu. Attractions on the Burmese side include wooden furniture, jade carvings, and textiles. Thai tourists are allowed in as of 2011, while other tourists are not, due to its
324:, who are unable or unwilling to obtain citizenship from either country. Separatist armies have repeatedly tried to seize the pass from Myanmar, with the Mons in effective control until 1990, when Burmese troops regained it. There is still occasional fighting in the area. 313:(officially Taimen – Rensetsu Tetsudo) through the pass. There is a memorial to commemorate the thousands of British, Australian, Dutch and American prisoners of war, and Asian forced labourers who died during the construction of the railway. 301:
period in Thai history (14th–18th centuries), the pass was the main invasion route for the Burmese, but at times was also used against them by Siamese armies. The first Burmese invasion through the pass occurred in 1548 during the
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as a symbol of peace. The pagodas are now on the Thai side of the border in the village of Phra Chedi Sam Ong. Parts of the border are still disputed. These three chedis appear in the
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The pass has been the main land route into western Thailand since ancient times. It is one of the few passes in the
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status as a temporary border checkpoint which only allows day trips between the two neighbouring countries.
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Location of the Three Pagodas Pass in Thailand, on the border with Myanmar.
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cliff near by, during April, Three Pagodas Pass becomes a site of the
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Myanmar–Thailand border checkpoint at Three Pagodas Pass.
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The region is home to several hill tribes, including
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Elevation
Myanmar
Thailand
Range
Tenasserim Hills
Coordinates
15°18′6″N 98°24′7″E / 15.30167°N 98.40194°E / 15.30167; 98.40194
Three Pagodas Pass is located in Thailand

Phlone
Burmese
[pʰajáθóʊɰ̃zùtàʊɰ̃dʑáláɰ̃]
Thai
RTGS
[dàːntɕeːdiːsǎːmʔoŋ]
Tenasserim Hills
Thailand
Myanmar
Sangkhla Buri
Kanchanaburi Province
Payathonsu
Kayin State
stupas
Ayutthaya period
provincial seal
Kanchanaburi Province
Three Pagodas Fault
Tenasserim Hills
Ayutthaya

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