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Sinkyun (; also spelled Sin kyun, Shin Chun, or Taung Ywar Thit, or Sinkyun kyay ywar) is a village in the Tabayin Township, Sagaing Region in Myanmar. It is famous in ancient times of Myanmar Kings because many heroes were from the village. The villagers took part in the battles of King Alaungpaya to Thailand.They took part in building King Alaungpaya's Shwebo Palace at Shwebo. The palace was at the heart of an enormous walled city during its 18th-century heyday in Shwebo in Kon-Baung or Alaungpaya dynasty. The palace walls are now almost entirely gone but some parts of the wide moat are well-preserved. The most attractive part of the city is the section around 2 miles north of town near Maw Daw Myin Tha Paya, a pagoda built by Alaungpaya and guarded by giant chinthe.
In May 30, 2001, The Tabayin Massacre occurred near the Sinkyun village about 15 miles away. In that event, Aung San Suu Kyi luckily escaped from the military junta's assassination.