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Wetlet Township
Wetlet Township is a township of Shwebo District in the Sagaing Division of Burma (Myanmar). It is located on the plains between the Mu River and the Irrawaddy. Its administrative seat is the town of Wetlet. Hanlin City, one of the ancient cities of Pyu Period, located near Hanlin Village. The City was ruined because of fire. It was founded in the 1st century AD and it was the largest and most important city until around the 7th or 8th century when it was superseded by Sri Kestra. It becomes one of the Myanmar first sites inscribed in World Heritage Sites in June 2014. Beikthano and Sri Ksetra were other 2 sites inscribed together at the same time. Bounds Wetlet Township is bounded on the east by the Irrawaddy River, across from which are Singu Township and Madaya Township of Mandalay District in Mandalay Division.
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Wetlet
Wetlet ( my, ဝက်လက်) is a town in Shwebo District, Sagaing Region in Myanmar. It is the administrative seat for Wetlet Township. The town of Wetlet is located in the center of Wetlet Township, about halfway between the Mu River and the Irrawaddy. Wetlet is on the main Burmese north-south railroad between Sagaing and Shwebo Shwebo ( my, ရွှေဘိုမြို့ ) is a city in Sagaing Region, Burma, 110 km north-west of Mandalay between the Irawaddy River, Irrawaddy and the Mu River, Mu rivers. The city was the origin of the Konbaung Dynasty, establi ...."Map of Sagaing Division"
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Wetlet originated as a staging area during the building of the railroad in the late 1800s. A well was dug to provide water for the steam engines, and a small market developed around ...
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World Heritage Sites
A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). World Heritage Sites are designated by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance. The sites are judged to contain "cultural heritage, cultural and natural heritage, natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to Human, humanity". To be selected, a World Heritage Site must be a somehow unique landmark which is geographically and historically identifiable and has special cultural or physical significance. For example, World Heritage Sites might be ancient ruins or historical structures, buildings, cities, deserts, forests, islands, lakes, monuments, mountains, or wilderness areas. A World Heritage Site may signify a remarkable accomplishment of humanity, and serve as evidence of our intellectual history on the planet, ...
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Sadaung II, Wetlet Township
Sadaung is a village in Shwebo District in south-western Sagaing Region in Burma (Myanmar). It lies in the drainage of the Irrawaddy River The Irrawaddy River ( Ayeyarwady River; , , from Indic ''revatī'', meaning "abounding in riches") is a river that flows from north to south through Myanmar (Burma). It is the country's largest river and most important commercial waterway. Origi .... It is located about halfway between the villages of Yonbingon and Ywathit, 7 km due west of Ywatha. Notes External links "Sadaung Map — Satellite Images of Sadaung"Maplandia Populated places in Sagaing Region {{Shwebo-geo-stub ...
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Sadaung I, Wetlet Township
Sadaung is a village in Shwebo District in south-western Sagaing Region in Burma (Myanmar) Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai .... It is in the Mu River drainage basin. It is located 2.5 km south-west of Halin Taungbo, in the foothills of the Mawdaw Mountains.Burma 1:250,000 topographic map, Series U542, NF 46-8 Shwebo
U.S. Army Map Service, March 1960


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Hladaw
Hladaw (sometimes Hladaw Model Village) is a crossroads village in Wetlet Township of Shwebo District in the Sagaing Region of Burma (Myanmar). It is located on the plains between the Mu River and the Irrawaddy. Hladaw is at the cross roads of the Shwebo– Sagaing road and the Wetlet–Monywa Monywa (; ) is the largest city in Sagaing Region, Myanmar, located north-west of Mandalay on the eastern bank of the River Chindwin. Monywa is one of the largest economic cities in Myanmar. It is also known as Neem city because many of the cit ... road."Map of Sagaing Division"
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Access to the railroad is via Wetlet.


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* Khin Myo Chit, Daw (1995) ''Gift of Laughter'' Parami Books, Rangoon, Burma, (on the picturesque speech of the people of H ...
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Halin Taungbo
Hanlin is a city in Shwebo District in south-western Sagaing Region in Burma, Burma (Myanmar). It is located in the Mu River drainage in the foothills on the western slope of the Mawdaw Mountains.Burma 1:250,000 topographic map, Series U542, NF 46-8 Shwebo
U.S. Army Map Service, March 1960 Hanlin is associated with several other villages, Hanlin Taungngo, Hanlin Pindale, Halin Twinma, etc., that are sometimes referred to as the town of Hanlin.


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"Halin Taungbo Map — Satellite Images of Halin Taungbo"
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Ayadaw Township
Ayadaw Township is a township in Monywa District in the Sagaing Division of Myanmar."Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map"
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The principal town is
Ayadaw Ayadaw is a town and seat of Ayadaw Township in the Sagaing Division in Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only som ...
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Sagaing Township
Sagaing Township is a township in Sagaing District in the Sagaing Division of Myanmar. The principal town is Sagaing and tourist spot of Mingun. Ye Kharr lake between Sagaing Hill and Min Wun Hill produces natural spirulina as in Twintaung of Budalin Township and Twinma and Taung Pauk of Kani Township. Demographics 2014 The 2014 Myanmar Census reported that Sagaing Township had a population of 307,194. The population density Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopul ... was 244.5 people per km². The census reported that the median age was 30.1 years, and 88 males per 100 females. There were 65,143 households; the mean household size was 4.3. See also * Sadaung References External linksMaplandia World Gazetteer- map showing the township boundary Townships of Sag ...
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Shwebo Township
Shwebo Township ( my, ရွှေဘိုမြို့နယ်) is a township of Shwebo District in the Myanmar's Sagaing Region. It is located on the plains between the Mu River and the Ayeyarwady River. The ancient palace of King Alaungmintaya is there. Its administrative seat is the city of Shwebo. As of 2014, it had a population of 266,807. 53.7% of its population was male while 46.3% was female. Geography Shwebo township is bounded on the east by the Ayeyarwady River, across which is Singu Township of Mandalay District in Mandalay Region. To the north of Shwebo township is Khin-U Township, to the south is Wetlet Township, and to the west is Tabayin Township Tabayin Township is a township in Shwebo District in the Sagaing Division of Burma.
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Mandalay Division
Mandalay Region ( my, မန္တလေးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Mandalay Division) is an administrative division of Myanmar. It is located in the center of the country, bordering Sagaing Region and Magway Region to the west, Shan State to the east, and Bago Region and Kayin State to the south. The regional capital is Mandalay. To the south of the region lies the national capital of Naypyidaw. The division consists of eleven districts, which are subdivided into 28 townships and 2,320 wards and village-tracts. Mandalay Region is important in Myanmar's economy, accounting for 15% of the national economy. It is under the administration of the Mandalay Region Government. History The history of Mandalay Region is the same as that of much of Upper Myanmar except that for much of Burmese history, the political power emanated out of royal capitals located in Mandalay Region. The country's present capital, Naypyidaw, and most former royal capitals of the Bur ...
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Mandalay District
Mandalay District ( my, မန္တလေး ခရိုင်) is a district of the Mandalay Division in central Myanmar. Though the district used to consist of two cities, Mandalay and Amarapura, today, with the urban sprawl of Mandalay capturing Amarapura and Patheingyi, the district and the city of Mandalay are one and the same. Townships Mandalay District consists of the following townships and towns. *Aungmyethazan Township *Chanayethazan Township *Chanmyathazi Township *Maha Aungmye Township *Pyigyidagun Township *Amarapura Township **Amarapura **Myitnge *Patheingyi Township **Patheingyi Patheingyi is a town in the Mandalay Region of central Myanmar. References External linksSatellite map at Maplandia.com Populated places in Mandalay Region {{Mandalay-geo-stub ... References Districts of Myanmar Mandalay Region {{burma-geo-stub ...
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Madaya Township
Madaya is a township of Aungmyethazan District in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar. History In the 16th century, the Gwe Shans built a stockade in the village of Okpo. On October 1, 1886, there was a reported small native garrison at Madaya and nearby Lamaing and the town was subject to invasion the same month. Taungbyone Festival of nat (spirit) takes place in the township in August yearly. Madaya consists Madaya town and the following villages: Villages * Aingdaing * Dingagyun *Mayogon Mayogon is a village in Madaya Township in Pyin Oo Lwin District in the Mandalay Division of central Myanmar. It lies just north Mandalay city and several kilometres south-west of Madaya, Myanmar, Madaya town. References External linksMaplandi ... * Shwebaung * Sinywagale * Tainggaing * Thapandaung * Powa (North) * Mwe Pon Kan Taking Lyon Hein Taung References External linksMaplandia World Gazetteer Mandalay Region {{Burma-geo-stub ...
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