Bogale Township ( my, ဘိုကလေးမြို့နယ် ) is a
township
A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...
of
Pyapon District
Pyapon District ( my, ဖျာပုံခရိုင်) is a district of the Ayeyarwady Division in south western Myanmar. It consists 4 cities. They are Pyapon, Bogalay, Kyaiklat and Dedaye.
Townships
The district contains the following ...
in the
Ayeyarwady Region of
Burma (Myanmar).
In May 2008, the town of
Bogale
Bogale ( my, ဘိုကလေးမြို့ ; also spelled Bogalay) is a small city located in the Bogale Township, Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar (Burma). It is located on the south-western part of Myanmar/Burma on the mainland section of ...
suffered heavily from
Cyclone Nargis
Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Nargis ( my, နာဂစ်, ur, نرگس ) was an extremely destructive and deadly tropical cyclone that caused the worst natural disaster in the recorded history of Myanmar during early May 2008. The cyclone m ...
; 36,325 people were listed as dead or missing.
["Bogale Township Profile"](_blank)
Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU) March 2009
Communities
On 8 August 2008, two village tracts (Kadonkani and Ayeyar) from
Pyapon Township
were moved into Bogale Township.
, there were 71 village tracts comprising 589 villages in Bogale Township.
Additional boundary adjustments were made on 5 August 2009.
Notes
External links
"Bogale Township, Ayeyarwady Division"map ID: MIMU154v02, created: 1 July 2010, Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
"Bogale Google Satellite Map"Maplandia World Gazetteer
Townships of Ayeyarwady Region
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