Tharrawaddy, Myanmar

Tharyarwaddy သာယာဝတီ Tharrawaddy
City
Tharyarwaddy Location in Myanmar
Coordinates: 17°39′14″N 95°46′55″E / 17.654°N 95.782°E / 17.654; 95.782Coordinates: 17°39′14″N 95°46′55″E / 17.654°N 95.782°E / 17.654; 95.782
Country	Burma
Region	Bago Region
District	Tharrawaddy
Township	Tharrawaddy
Time zone	MST (UTC+6.30)

Tharrawaddy (Burmese: သာယာဝတီ) is a town in Bago Region of lower Myanmar. It is the administrative seat of Tharrawaddy District and Tharrawaddy Township. It locates on the main Yangon-Pyay road and 76 miles away at the north of Yangon. The current city was built when under British rule, at that place. In the first British temporary seat at Thonze. However, Thonze is populated city for district offices. Therefore, they decided to move 2 miles north of Thonze and the new district city was built in 1878. The name of the city called Tharyarwaddy as the Burmese old time name.