Hainggyi Island ( my, ဟိုင်းကြီးကျွန်း, also spelt Haigyi Island or Hainggyikyun) is a
town on the
island of Hainggyi Island located at the mouth of the
Pathein River
This is a list of rivers in Myanmar (also known as Burma).
This list is arranged by drainage basin from east to west, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Indian Ocean
* Nāf River
* Kaladan River
* Lemro Riv ...
(formerly Bassein River) in the
Ayeyarwady Region
Ayeyarwady Region ( my, ဧရာဝတီတိုင်းဒေသကြီး , , ; formerly Ayeyarwady Division and Irrawaddy Division), is a region of Myanmar, occupying the delta region of the Ayeyarwady River (Irrawaddy River). It is bor ...
of south-west
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 C. Wells, Joh ...
. It is the primary town within
Hainggyikyun Subtownship
Hainggyikyun Subtownship ( my, ဟိုင်းကြီးကျွန်းမြို့နယ်ခွဲ) is a subtownship of Ngapudaw Township in Pathein District, Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar. The namesake of the subtownship is Hainggyik ...
within
Ngapudaw Township
Ngapudaw Township or Ngaputaw Township ( my, ငပုတောမြို့နယ်) is a township of Pathein District in the Ayeyarwady Division of Myanmar.
There are a town, a subtownship, 3 wards, 38 village-tracts and 174 villages in 2011. ...
in the
Pathein District.
The town has an area of .
The Pammawaddy Regional Command of the
Myanmar Navy is headquartered in Hainggyi Island. The naval base used to host a few
PLA
PLA may refer to:
Organizations Politics and military
* People's Liberation Army, the armed forces of China and of the ruling Chinese Communist Party
* People's Liberation Army (disambiguation)
** Irish National Liberation Army, formerly called ...
personnel from china. According to Andrew Selth, claims of a massive PLA base on Hainggyi Island is plainly incorrect and gained popularity because of hysterical quotations by commentators.
References
Populated places in Ayeyarwady Region
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