Labutta or Latputta ( my, လပွတ္တာမြို့ ) is a town 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 administrative seat of

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 ...

and the

Labutta District Labutta District or Latputta District ( my, လပွတ္တာခရိုင်) is a district in Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar. Labutta District was established in 2008 after the region was hit by Cyclone Nargis in May 2008. The administrative s ...

, Ayeyarwaddy Region. Labutta lies on the bank of Yway River. Labutta has Old Township of Labutta and New Township of Labutta called 3 mile. The township has a population of 315,218 (2017). In

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Labutta was heavily damaged by

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 ...

."Drinking water shortage in cylone Nargis hit Latputa"
Mizzima TV Division: Ayeyeawaddy District: Labutta (Latputta) Weather: 80°F (27°C), Wind S at 9 mph (14 km/h), 87% Humidity Local time: Wednesday 5:34 PM Population: 315,218 (2017) Township: Labutta (Latputta) Area code: 42

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External links

"Labutta Map — Satellite Images of Labutta"
Mpalandia Populated places in Ayeyarwady Region Township capitals of Myanmar {{Ayeyarwady-geo-stub