Pauk Township 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 ...
of
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 ...
in
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, ...
of
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
Pauk
Pauk may refer to:
People
* Alex Pauk (born 1945), Canadian conductor and composer
* Goran Pauk (born 1962), Croatian politician
* György Pauk (born 1936), Hungarian violinist
* Ke Pauk (1934–2002), Cambodian communist
* Paul Pauk (1912– ...
.
The township lies between 21° 10' and 21° 49' north latitude and 94° 18' and 94° 44' east longitude.
[''Imperial gazetteer of India: provincial series, Volume 11']
page 31
/ref> It has an area of 1,490 sq.mi.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
Pauk may refer to:
People
* Alex Pauk (b ...
along the banks of which rice is grown.chemical weapons
A chemical weapon (CW) is a specialized Ammunition, munition that uses chemicals chemical engineering, formulated to inflict death or harm on humans. According to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), this can be an ...
are produced at the military facility there.
Borders
Pauk Township is bordered["Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map"](_blank)
Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU) by:
* 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 south,
* Saw Township
Saw Township ( my, ဆောမြို့နယ်, ) is a township of Pakokku District in the Magway Region
Magway Region ( my, မကွေးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Magway Division) is an administrative division ...
, to the west,
* Tilin Township
Htilin Township ( my, ထီးလင်းမြို့နယ်, , also spelt as Tilin) is a township of Pakokku District in the Magway Region of Burma (Myanmar). The principal town and administrative seat is Htilin.
Communities
Among the to ...
, to the northwest,
* Gangaw Township
Gangaw Township is a township of Gangaw District in the Magway Division of Myanmar. The principal town is Gangaw
Gangaw ( my, ဂန့်ဂေါမြို့, ) is a town of Gangaw Township in Gangaw District in the Magway Division in M ...
and 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 ...
of 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 lon ...
, to the north,
* 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 east, and
* Pakokku Township, to the southeast.
Notes
External links
"Pauk Google Satellite Map"
map of administrative area with listing of principal settlements, from Maplandia
"Map of Pauk Township"
Townships of Magway Region
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