Minbu District is a

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of the

Magway Division Magway Region ( my, မကွေးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Magway Division) is an administrative divisions of Myanmar, administrative division in central Myanmar. It is the second largest of Myanmar's seven divisions, ...

in central

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."Burma: Second-Order Administrative Divisions (Districts)"
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of 25 September 2007 The city of

Minbu Minbu ( my, မင်းဘူးမြို့) is a city in Magwe Division, Myanmar. , the city has an urban population of 22,962. The area consists of low plain-land towards the Ayeyarwady River, and of undulating country inland rising highe ...

is the administrative centre. Minbu District has 5 townships.

List of city and towns by urban population

Borders

Minbu District is bounded to the south by

Thayet District Thayet District ( my, သရက်ခရိုင်; also Thayetmyo District) is a district of the Magway Division in central Burma (Myanmar).Magway District Magway District is a district of the Magway Region (formerly Magway Division) in central Myanmar. Magway may be divided into two portions: the low, flat country in the Taungdwingyi subdivision, and the undulating high ground extending over the re ...

, to the north by

Pakokku District Pakokku District ( my, ပခုက္ကူခရိုင်, ; also Pagukku District) is a district of the Magway Division in central Burma (Myanmar). It is situated in northern part of Magwe Region. The administrative centre is the city of ...

l, to the northwest by

Mindat District Mindat District ( my, မင်းတပ်ခရိုင်, links=Mindat, Mindat=Mindat) is a district in the Chin State of Myanmar. It consists of two townships and 840 villages. History In 1948, after the formation of the constitution fo ...

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, and to the west by

Sittwe District Sittwe District ( my, စစ်တွေခရိုင်) is a district of the Rakhine State in western Myanmar. The capital lies at Sittwe. Administrative divisions Sittwe District consists of the following townships: * Pauktaw Township * Po ...

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and

Kyaukpyu District Kyaukpyu District ( my, ကျောက်ဖြူခရိုင်) is a district of the Rakhine State in western Myanmar. The capital lies at Kyaukphyu. Etymology The name Kyaukpyu (lit. "white rock") is the Burmese pronunciation. In the l ...

Townships

The district contains the following

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Minbu Township Minbu Township ( my, မင်းဘူး မြို့နယ်) is a township of Minbu District in the Magway Region of Myanmar. The principal town is Minbu. The township is home to the Shwe Settaw Pagoda, which holds an annual pagoda festi ...

Pwintbyu Township Pwintbyu Township ( my, ပွင့်ဖြူ မြို့နယ်) is a township of Minbu District in the Magway Division of Myanmar. The principal town is Pwintbyu Pwintbyu ( my, ပွင့်ဖြူမြို့) is the principa ...

Ngape Township Ngape Township ( my, ငဖဲ မြို့နယ်) is a township of Minbu District in the Magway Division of Myanmar. The principal town is Ngape Ngape Township ( my, ငဖဲ မြို့နယ်) is a township of Minbu District in th ...

Salin Township Salin Township ( my, စလင်း မြို့နယ်) is a township of Minbu District in the Magway Division of Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating ...

Sidoktaya Township Sidoktaya Township ( my, စေတုတ္တရာ မြို့နယ်) is a Townships of Myanmar, township of Minbu District in the Magway Region of Myanmar. The principal town is Sidoktaya. References

Townships of Magway Regi ...

Notes

External links

"Minbu (Sagu) Google Satellite Map and Gazetteer"
Maplandia Districts of Myanmar Magway Region {{Magway-geo-stub