Hladaw (sometimes Hladaw Model Village) is a crossroads village in
Wetlet Township of
Shwebo District
Shwebo District is a district in south-central Sagaing Division of Burma (Myanmar).Sagaing Region
Sagaing Region ( my, စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Sagaing Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar, located in the north-western part of the country between latitude 21° 30' north and lon ...
of
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 located on the plains between the
Mu River and the
Irrawaddy Irrawaddy may refer to:
*Irrawaddy River, the main river of Burma
*Irrawaddy Delta, a rice growing region of the country
*Ayeyarwady Region, an administrative division of Burma
*''The Irrawaddy'', a Burmese news publication based in Chiang Mai, Tha ...
. Hladaw is at the cross roads of the
Shwebo–
Sagaing road and the
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 t ...
–
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"](_blank)
Myanmars.net Access to the railroad is via Wetlet.
Further reading
* Khin Myo Chit, Daw (1995) ''Gift of Laughter'' Parami Books, Rangoon, Burma, (on the picturesque speech of the people of Hladaw, selections of which have been published in the ''Pyinsa Rupa Magazine''.
)
Notes
External links
"Hladaw Map — Satellite Images of Hladaw"Maplandia
Populated places in Sagaing Region
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