Monywa District ( my, မုံရွာခရိုင်) (formerly Lower Chindwin District)
is an administrative district in southern
Sagaing Division
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 lo ...
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Burma (Myanmar).
"Burma: Second-Order Administrative Divisions (Districts)"
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Its administrative center is the city of Monywa.
Administrative divisions
Monywa District consists of the following townships:
* Ayadaw Township
Ayadaw Township is a township in Monywa District in the Sagaing Division of Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only so ...
* Budalin Township
* Chaung-U Township
Chaung-U Township ( my, ချောင်းဦးမြို့နယ်) is a township in Monywa District of Sagaing Division in Burma.
* Monywa Township
Monywa is a Capital City in the Sagaing Division 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 speak ...
Monywa District also consisted of the following townships, which formed to become Yinmabin District
Yinmabin District ( my, ယင်းမာပင်ခရိုင်) is a newly created district in southern Sagaing Division, Burma (Myanmar); which was formerly part of Monywa District. Its administrative center is the city of Yinmabin.
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* Kani Township
Kani Township ( my, ကနီမြို့နယ်) is a township in Yinmabin District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar.
* Pale Township
Pale Township is a township in Yinmabin District in the Sagaing Division of Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only s ...
* Salingyi Township
Salingyi Township is a township in Yinmabin District in the Sagaing Division of Myanmar.
* Yinmabin Township
Yinmabin Township is a township in Yinmabin District in the Sagaing Division of Myanmar.
Also, it had a township that has recently annexed into Shwebo District
Shwebo District is a district in south-central Sagaing Division of Burma (Myanmar).Tabayin Township
Tabayin Township is a township in Shwebo District in the Sagaing Division of Burma.
Borders
Monywa District is bordered["Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map"](_blank)
Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU) by:
* Mawlaik District
Mawlaik District (formerly Upper Chindwin District) is a district in central Sagaing Division of Burma (Myanmar). Its administrative center is the town of Mawlaik. Townships
Mawlaik district consists of 2 townships.
* Mawlaik Township
* Paun ...
to the north,
* Yinmabin District
Yinmabin District ( my, ယင်းမာပင်ခရိုင်) is a newly created district in southern Sagaing Division, Burma (Myanmar); which was formerly part of Monywa District. Its administrative center is the city of Yinmabin.
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to the west,
* Sagaing District
Sagaing District is an administrative district in southern Sagaing Division, Burma (Myanmar). to the south[
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Notable residents
* Aung Khin
Aung Khin ( my, အောင်ခင် , 13 February 1921 – 14 May 1996) was a Burmese painter who became prominent in the Mandalay art world. He is well known as one of the foremost and earliest of modernistic painters in Burma.
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, Burmese painter
Notes
Districts of Myanmar
Sagaing Region
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