Yazagyo

Yazagyo
Yazagya, Yazago,[1] Yarzagyo
Village
Yazagyo

Location in Burma

Coordinates: 23°30′09″N 94°05′11″E / 23.50250°N 94.08639°ECoordinates: 23°30′09″N 94°05′11″E / 23.50250°N 94.08639°E
Country  Burma
Region Sagaing Region
District Kale District
Township Kale Township
Time zone MST (UTC+6.30)

Yazagyo[2] (also Yazagya[3] and Yarzagyo[4]) is the northernmost village in Kale Township, Kale District, of western Burma (Myanmar).

The Yazagyo Airfield, where the US 965th and 966th Airborne Air Control Squadrons were stationed during World War II, is located 3 kilometres (2 mi) north of the town.

Notes

  1. "Yazago (Variant)" Yazagyo at GEOnet Names Server United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. "Yazagyo (Approved)" Yazagyo at GEOnet Names Server United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  3. Burma 1:250,000 topographic map, Series U542, NF 46-03, Mawlaik U.S. Army Map Service, March 1960
  4. "Sagaing Division (Lower), Myanmar" Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU), map Id: MIMU270v01, creation date: 5 Aug 2010, last accessed 15 December 2010

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