Hainggyikyun Subtownship ( my, ဟိုင်းကြီးကျွန်းမြို့နယ်ခွဲ) is a subtownship of

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. ...

Pathein District Pathein District ( my, ပုသိမ်ခရိုင်) is a district of Ayeyawady Division, Myanmar. It is located around and includes the urban area of the city of Pathein. The area of the Pathein District is . Its population was 1,630,71 ...

, Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar. The namesake of the subtownship is Hainggyikyun, a town of 14,771 people. The subtownship is coastal, bordering the

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to its south and the

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to the west. To its north, it borders the rest of

and to its east it borders

Labutta Township Labutta Township or Latputta Township ( my, လပွတ္တာမြို့နယ်) is one of the two townships in Labutta District in the Ayeyarwady Region of Myanmar. It is located in the delta of the Irrawaddy. 84,454 people from this t ...

. Cape Negrais, the southern end of the

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is located within the township.

History

Former President Thein Sein was born in Kyounku, a small village that is, today, part of the subtownship. The Pammawaddy Regional Command of the Myanmar Navy is headquartered in Hainggyi Island. The deadliest

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in the 21st century,

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 ...

hit landfall at Cape Negrais within the township in 2008 with sustained winds of 130mph. In 2020, as many as 25% of affected residents where still recovering from the impact of the cyclone. There are still few disaster awareness and preparedness programs for residents, with recovery and resilience efforts mostly coming from local efforts.

Demographics

The median age within the township is 30 years and the mean household has 3.9 persons. There are 102 males for every 100 females within the township. The township was very underdeveloped in 2014 with only 0.9% of residents having a computer and 12% with a mobile phone. Villages within the subtownship's eastern portion, located on a deltaic island, are not connected to Myanmar's national grid system. In the mid-2010s, due to rising energy demand and lack of infrastructure within the subtownship,

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and wind energy systems were installed within the subtownship to electrify remote rural villages.

References

{{Ayeyarwady Region Subtownships of Ayeyarwady Region