Pauk is a town in
Pauk Township,
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 Region
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 north-west
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 the administrative center for Pauk Township. Pauk is located on the western bank of the
Kyaw River
The Kyaw River ( my, ကျောမြစ်, Kyaw Chaung) is a river of upper Burma (Myanmar) in Magway Division. It is a major tributary of the Yaw River which it enters just below the town of Pauk.Hunter, William Wilson (editor) (1907) ''Imper ...
just above its intersection with the
Yaw River Yaw River or Ywa River is a river of Burma, a tributary of the Irrawaddy. It flows into the Irrawaddy on the right (west) just above the town of Seikpyu, .
The current town was founded in 1840. The local airport
ICAO designation is VYPK (
IATA code: PAU).
"VYPK - Airport"
Great Circle Mapper
Notes
Further reading
* Winston, W. R. (1892) ''Four years in Upper Burma'' C.H. Kelly, London
pages 241-242
External links
"Pauk
Map — Satellite Im
ages of Pauk"
Maplandia
Township capitals of Myanmar
Populated places in Magway Region
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