Monywa District
မုံရွာ | |
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  Monywa District Location in Burma | |
| Coordinates: 22°07′N 95°08′E / 22.117°N 95.133°E | |
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Burma |
| Region | Sagaing Region |
| No. of Townships | 4 |
| Capital | Monywa |
| Time zone | UTC+6.30 ( MST) |
Monywa District ( Burmese: မုံရွာခရိုင်) (formerly Lower Chindwin District) [1] [2] is an administrative district in southern Sagaing Division, Burma (Myanmar). [3] Its administrative center is the city of Monywa.
Administrative divisions
Monywa District consists of the following townships:
Monywa District previously also consisted of the following townships, which became Yinmabin District:
Also, it had a township that has recently been annexed to Shwebo District:
Borders
Monywa District is bordered [4] by:
- Mawlaik District to the north, [5]
- Yinmabin District to the west,
- Sagaing District to the south [5]
Notable residents
- Aung Khin, Burmese painter
Notes
- ^ Burma Gazetteer : Lower Chindwin district, Upper Burma. Office of the Superintendent, Government Printing, Burma. 1912. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
- ^ "Lower Chindwin District". geoview.info. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
- ^ "Burma: Second-Order Administrative Divisions (Districts)" The Permanent Committee of Geographic Names (PCGN), United Kingdom, from Internet Archive
- ^ "Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map" Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
- ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 232.
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Monywa District
မုံရွာ | |
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Monywa District Location in Burma | |
| Coordinates: 22°07′N 95°08′E / 22.117°N 95.133°E | |
| Country |
Burma |
| Region | Sagaing Region |
| No. of Townships | 4 |
| Capital | Monywa |
| Time zone | UTC+6.30 ( MST) |
Monywa District ( Burmese: မုံရွာခရိုင်) (formerly Lower Chindwin District) [1] [2] is an administrative district in southern Sagaing Division, Burma (Myanmar). [3] Its administrative center is the city of Monywa.
Administrative divisions
Monywa District consists of the following townships:
Monywa District previously also consisted of the following townships, which became Yinmabin District:
Also, it had a township that has recently been annexed to Shwebo District:
Borders
Monywa District is bordered [4] by:
- Mawlaik District to the north, [5]
- Yinmabin District to the west,
- Sagaing District to the south [5]
Notable residents
- Aung Khin, Burmese painter
Notes
- ^ Burma Gazetteer : Lower Chindwin district, Upper Burma. Office of the Superintendent, Government Printing, Burma. 1912. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
- ^ "Lower Chindwin District". geoview.info. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
- ^ "Burma: Second-Order Administrative Divisions (Districts)" The Permanent Committee of Geographic Names (PCGN), United Kingdom, from Internet Archive
- ^ "Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map" Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
- ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 232.
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