Kyaukpadaung Township
Kyaukpadaung Township is a township of Nyaung-U District (until 2014, part of Myingyan District) in Mandalay Region of Burma (Myanmar). Its administrative seat is the town of Kyaukpadaung. Important towns include Popaywa and Seiktein (Seikhtain).
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Geography
Kyaukpadaung Township is the southwesternmost township in Myingyan District and borders the following:
- Taungtha Township to the north
- Mahlaing Township to the northeast
- Meiktila Township to the east
- Natmauk Township of Magwe Region to the south
- Yenangyaung Township of Magwe Region to the southwest
- Chauk Township of Magwe Region to the west, and
- Nyaung-U Township to the northwest
The township includes Mount Popa, the Popa Taungkalat monastery, the Salay ruins from the 12th and 13th centuries and the Kyetmauk Taung Reservoir.
External links
- "Kyaukpadaung Township, Mandalay Division"[permanent dead link] map ID:MIMU154_Kyaukpadaung_Township_100111, created: 11 January 2010, Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
- "Kyaukpadaung Google Satellite Map" Maplandia World Gazetteer
20°50′N 95°8′E / 20.833°N 95.133°E / 20.833; 95.133
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Mandalay Region
Capital: Mandalay
- Kyaukse Township
- Myittha Township
- Sintgaing Township
- Tada-U Township
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- Kyaukpadaung Township
- Nyaung-U Township
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