Venice of the East

The following is a list of places which have been nicknamed Venice of the East (a reference to the city of Venice, Italy).

## List

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City/Town | Country | Photo | References

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Barisal | Bangladesh |

| [1]
Dhaka | Bangladesh |  | [2][3]
Bandar Seri Begawan (Kampong Ayer) | Brunei |  |

[4]

Dalian | China |  | [5][6]
Fengjing | China |  | [7]
Lijiang | China |  | [8]
Luzhi | China |  | [9]
Nanxun | China |  | [9]
Suzhou | China |  | [10][11][12]
Tongli | China |  | [13][14]
Xitang | China |  | [9]
Zhouzhuang | China |  | [15][16]
Zhujiajiao | China |  | [9]
Wuzhen | China |  | [17]
Tai O | China  |  | [18][19]
Alleppey | India |  | [20][21][22]
Srinagar | India |  | [23][24][25]
Udaipur | India |  | [26][27][28]
Banjarmasin | Indonesia |  | [29][30][31]
Palembang | Indonesia |  | [32][33][34][35][36]
Semarang | Indonesia |  | [37]
Basra | Iraq |  | [38]
Hiroshima | Japan |  | [39][40]
Imizu | Japan |  | [41][42]
Ine | Japan |  | [43]
Kurashiki | Japan |  | [39][44][45]
Kyoto | Japan |  | [39][46]
Matsue | Japan |  | [39][47][48][49]
Otaru | Japan |  | [50][51][52]
Osaka | Japan |  | [39][53][54][55]
Sakai | Japan |  | [39][56][57]
Tamayu, Shimane (Tamatsukuri Onsen) | Japan |  | [39][58]
Yanagawa | Japan |  | [59][60]
Malacca | Malaysia |  | [61][62]
Nan Madol | Micronesia |  | [63]
Manila | Philippines |  | [64]
Sitangkai, Tawi-Tawi | Philippines |  | [65][66]
Cheongna | South Korea |  | [67]
Chuncheon | South Korea |  | [68]
Jinhae | South Korea |  | [69][70]
Tongyeong | South Korea |  | [71]
YeoSu | South Korea |  | [72]
Ayutthaya | Thailand |  | [73]
Bangkok | Thailand |  | [74][75][76]

## Similar

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* Kampong Phluk
* Ko Panyi

## See also

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* Venezuela, country whose name means "Little Venice"
* Venice of the North
* Venice of the South
* Little Venice
* Paris of the East
* Paris of the West
* Little Paris

## References

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