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Maubin District ( my, မအူပင်ခရိုင် ) is a
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Ayeyarwady Division 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 ...
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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 consists of 39 wards, 235 village groups and 1642 villages organized into four townships -
Maubin Maubin ( my, မအူပင် ) is a town in the Ayeyarwady Division of south-west Myanmar. It is the seat of the Maubin Township in the Maubin District. The population as of 2021 was 51,542. The inhabitants of the town, as well as the district a ...
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Pantanaw Pantanaw ( my, ပန်းတနော်မြို့ ) is a town in the Ayeyarwady Region of south-west Myanmar. It is the seat of the Pantanaw Township in the Maubin District. It is the hometown of former United Nations Secretary-General U T ...
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Nyaungdon Nyaungdon ( my, ညောင်တုန်းမြို့ ) is a town in the Ayeyarwady Region of south-west Myanmar. It is the seat of the Nyaungdon Township in the Maubin District Maubin District ( my, မအူပင်ခရိုင ...
and Danuphyu. The district lies on a flat plain, cut by many streams, which is 1,362 feet above sea level. It has an area of 1651.49 square miles (1,056,952 acres). The majority of the population are Burmese and Kayin nationals. Four bridges provide access between different areas: Maubin Bridge in Taloatlatt, Khattiya Bridge near Latyargyi and Bokanbay, Pantanaw River-Crossing Bridge on Bayintnaung Street in Pantanaw, and Bomyathtun Bridge, which crosses the Ayeyarwaddy River from Taungtan to the vicinity of Kyeinpinsae. The grave of Commander in Chief Maharbandoola is located in the district, as is Danuphyu Fort, which was famous in the first Anglo Myanmar war and afterwards destroyed by a flood.


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Districts of Myanmar Ayeyarwady Region {{Ayeyarwady-geo-stub