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Pyin Oo Lwin District () is a
district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...
of the
Mandalay Region Mandalay Region ( my, မန္တလေးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Mandalay Division) is an administrative division of Myanmar. It is located in the center of the country, bordering Sagaing Region and Magway Region t ...
in central
Burma 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 ...
. It lies northeast of Mandalay, with the
Myitnge River Myitnge River ( my, မြစ်ငယ် or Nam Tu, also known as Dokhtawaddy River (), is a major tributary of Ayeyarwady River (Irrawaddy) in Myanmar (Burma). The name Myitnge in Burmese and Dokhtawaddy in Pali both mean "little river", by cont ...
as its southern boundary.Map of Mandalay Division
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To the east it is bordered by
Shan State Shan State ( my, ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်, ; shn, မိူင်းတႆး, italics=no) also known by the endonyms Shanland, Muang Tai, and Tailong, is a state of Myanmar. Shan State borders China (Yunnan) to the north, Laos ( ...
and in part by the Chaung Magyi (Chaung means stream). It goes north as far as the town of Dakaung where it adjoins
Htigyaing Township Htigyaing Township or Tigyaing Township (; ) is a township of Katha District in eastern Sagaing Region, in northern Myanmar. It lies on the border with the Shan State of Myanmar. The administrative seat is at Htigyaing. The Shweli River is a tr ...
,
Katha District Katha District is the northeasternmost district in Sagaing Region of Myanmar.
in
Sagaing Region 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 ...
. Its western boundary, is for the most part the Irrawaddy, but a very small portion of
Thabeikkyin Township Thabeikkyin Township (Tha Pate Kyin Township) is a township of Thabeikkyin District in the Mandalay Region of Burma. It is the northernmost township in Mandalay Region and, although it primarily lies on the east bank (left bank) of the Irrawaddy, ...
is west of the Irrawaddy, near the town of
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in Sagaing Region. To the southwest it borders
Mandalay District Mandalay District ( my, မန္တလေး ခရိုင်) is a district of the Mandalay Division in central Myanmar. Though the district used to consist of two cities, Mandalay and Amarapura, today, with the urban sprawl of Mandalay capt ...
.


Townships

The district contains the following
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, C ...
s:"Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map"
Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
* Pyinoolwin Township (Maymyo Township) * Madaya Township (Matayar Township) * Singu Township (Sint Ku Township) * Thabeikkyin Township (Tha Pate Kyin Township) * Mogok Township (Mogote Township)


Notes

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