Labutta Township or Latputta Township ( my, လပွတ္တာမြို့နယ်) is one of the two
townships
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, Ca ...
in
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 ...
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
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 located in the delta of the
Irrawaddy.
84,454 people from this township were listed as dead or missing as a result of the devastating
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 ...
in 2008.
["Labutta Township Profile"](_blank)
March 2009, Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU) As a result, there was a worldwide effort to rehabilitate the villages and towns of Labutta severely affected by the cyclone.
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Communities
, there were 115 village tracts in Labutta Township comprising 684 villages;
Notes
External links
"Labutta Google Satellite Map"
Maplandia World Gazetteer
Townships of Ayeyarwady Region
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