Pakokku Township

Township in Magway Division, Burma

Pakokku Township ပခုက္ကူ မြို့နယ်
Township
Location in Pakokku district
21°19′N 94°56′E / 21.317°N 94.933°E / 21.317; 94.933
Country	Burma
Division	Magway Division
District	Pakokku
Capital	Pakokku
Population	463,108
Time zone	UTC+6:30 (MST)

Pakokku Township (Burmese: ပခုက္ကူ မြို့နယ်) is a township of Pakokku District in Magway Division of Burma (Myanmar). The principal town and administrative seat is Pakokku. The township has its eastern and southeastern border along the Irrawaddy where its principal town, Pakokku, is a port. The Yaw River forms the township's southwest border. There is a commercial airport at Lanywa (Lan).^[1]

Communities

Among the towns and villages in Pakokku Township are:^[2] Anauktaw, Hmaikbingon, Kandaw, Kin, Lanywa (Lan), Myitche and Shwegyaung (Shwe Chaung).

Borders

Pakokku Township is bordered^[3] by:

Myaing Township, to the north,
Yesagyo Township, to the northeast,
Nyaung-U Township, to the southeast,
Seikphyu Township, to the southwest, and
Pauk Township, to the northwest.

Notes

^ ""^{[permanent dead link]} UNJLC Map Num:UNJLC-MM08a-002-A1, Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU), 8 May 2008
^ "Pakokku Google Satellite Map" Pakokku (Burma) gazetteer at Maplandia
^ "Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map" Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)

External links

"Pakokku Google Satellite Map" map of administrative area with listing of principal settlements, from Maplandia
"Pakokku Township - Magway Division" Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU), 2010

Magway Region

Capital: Magway

Gangaw District