Pakokku Township ( my, ပခုက္ကူ မြို့နယ်) is a

township 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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Burma (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 Wells explai ...

. The principal town and administrative seat is

Pakokku Pakokku ( my, ပခုက္ကူမြို့, ) is the largest city in the Magway Region of Myanmar. It is situated about 30 km north-east of Bagan on the Irrawaddy River. It is the administration seat of Pakokku Township , Pakokku Distric ...

. The township has its eastern and southeastern border along the Irrawaddy where its principal town, Pakokku, is a port. The

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forms the township's southwest border. There is a commercial airport at Lanywa (Lan).

Communities

Among the towns and villages in Pakokku Township are:"Pakokku Google Satellite Map"
Pakokku (Burma) gazetteer at Maplandia Anauktaw, Hmaikbingon, Kandaw, Kin, Lanywa (Lan), Myitche and Shwegyaung (Shwe Chaung).

Borders

Pakokku Township is bordered"Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map"
Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU) by: *

Myaing Township Myaing Township ( my, မြိုင် မြို့နယ်) is a township of Pakokku District in the Magway Region of Burma (Myanmar). Its administrative seat is Myaing. Borders Myaing Township is bordered by the following townships: * ...

, to the north, *

Yesagyo Township Yesagyo Township (Yaesagyo Township) is a township of Pakokku District in the Magway Region of central Burma (Myanmar). The principal town and administrative seat is Yesagyo. The township is served by the Chaung-U to Pakokku railway. Borders Yes ...

, to the northeast, *

Nyaung-U Township Nyaung-U Township is a township of Nyaung-U District in the Mandalay Division of Burma. Its administrative town is Nyaung-U Nyaung-U ( my, ညောင်ဦးမြို့) is the administrative town of Nyaung-U Township of Nyaung-U Distri ...

, to the southeast, *

Seikphyu Township Seikphyu Township is a township of Pakokku District in Magway Division of Burma (Myanmar). The principal town and administrative seat is Seikphyu. The township has its southeastern border along the Irrawaddy where its principal town, Seikphyu, ...

, to the southwest, and *

Pauk Township Pauk Township is a township of Pakokku District in Magway Division of Burma (Myanmar). The principal town and administrative seat is Pauk. The township lies between 21° 10' and 21° 49' north latitude and 94° 18' and 94° 44' east longitude.''Im ...

, to the northwest.

Notes

External links

"Pakokku Google Satellite Map"
map of administrative area with listing of principal settlements, from Maplandia
"Pakokku Township - Magway Division"
Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU), 2010 Townships of Magway Region {{Magway-geo-stub