Minhla Township

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Minhla Township
Township
Country  Burma
Region Bago Region
District Tharrawaddy District
Capital Minhla
Time zone MST (UTC+6.30)

Minhla Township is a township in Tharrawaddy District in the Bago Region of Burma (Myanmar).[1] The principal town is Minhla. In 1908 it was reported that the township covered an area of 708 square miles (1,830 km2) and in 1901 had a total population of 42, 120, with 2553 people in the main town.[2]Minhla was occupied during the Third Anglo-Burmese War. The township is hilly, and is inhabited by the Arakan Yoma.

References

  1. "Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map" Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
  2. Sir William Stevenson Meyer (1908). Imperial gazetteer of India .... Clarendon Press, Great Britain. India Office. p. 359. 

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