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

City/TownCountryPhotoReferences
BarisalBangladesh

[1]
DhakaBangladesh[2][3]
Bandar Seri Begawan (Kampong Ayer)Brunei

[4]

Dalian China [5][6]
FengjingChina[7]
LijiangChina[8]
LuzhiChina[9]
NanxunChina[9]
SuzhouChina[10][11][12]
TongliChina[13][14]
XitangChina[9]
ZhouzhuangChina[15][16]
ZhujiajiaoChina[9]
WuzhenChina[17]
Tai O Hong Kong [18][19]
AlleppeyIndia[20][21][22]
SrinagarIndia[23][24][25]
UdaipurIndia[26][27][28]
BanjarmasinIndonesia[29][30][31]
PalembangIndonesia[32][33][34][35][36]
SemarangIndonesia[37]
BasraIraq[38]
HiroshimaJapan[39][40]
ImizuJapan[41][42]
IneJapan[43]
KurashikiJapan[39][44][45]
KyotoJapan[39][46]
MatsueJapan[39][47][48][49]
OtaruJapan[50][51][52]
OsakaJapan[39][53][54][55]
SakaiJapan[39][56][57]
Tamayu, Shimane (Tamatsukuri Onsen)Japan[39][58]
YanagawaJapan[59][60]
MalaccaMalaysia[61][62]
Nan MadolMicronesia[63]
ManilaPhilippines[64]
Sitangkai, Tawi-TawiPhilippines[65][66]
CheongnaSouth Korea[67]
ChuncheonSouth Korea[68]
JinhaeSouth Korea[69][70]
TongyeongSouth Korea[71]
YeoSuSouth Korea[72]
AyutthayaThailand[73]
BangkokThailand[74][75][76]

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References

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