Twante Township

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Twante Township
တွံတေး မြို့နယ်
Twantay Township
township
Twante Township
Location in Burma
Coordinates: 16°44′0″N 95°58′0″E / 16.73333°N 95.96667°E / 16.73333; 95.96667Coordinates: 16°44′0″N 95°58′0″E / 16.73333°N 95.96667°E / 16.73333; 95.96667
Country Burma (Myanmar)
Region Yangon
Administrative seat Twante
Population (2008)[1] 202,221
Time zone MST (UTC6:30)

Twante Township (Burmese: တွံတေး မြို့နယ်, pronounced: [tʊ̀ɴté mjo̰nɛ̀]) is a township in the Yangon Region of Burma (Myanmar).It is located west, across the Hlaing River, from the city of Yangon. The principal town and administrative seat is Twante. The township is home to the Shwe Sandaw Pagoda, which holds an annual pagoda festival on the Burmese New Year.[2]

Communities

The 220 villages of Twante Township are organized into 65 Village Tracts and 8 urban wards.[1]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Profile Twantay Township" Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU), April 2009
  2. Nyein Ei Ei Htwe (2010). "Twante rocks to Shan drum beat". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 5 March 2012. 

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