Sagaing Township is a township in
Sagaing District
Sagaing District is an administrative district in southern Sagaing Division, Burma (Myanmar). in the
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 ...
of
Myanmar
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. The principal town is
Sagaing
Sagaing (, ) is the former capital of the Sagaing Region of Myanmar. It is located in the Irrawaddy River, to the south-west of Mandalay on the opposite bank of the river. Sagaing with numerous Buddhist monasteries is an important religious and ...
and tourist spot of
Mingun
Mingun ( ) is a town in Sagaing Township of Sagaing Region, north-west Myanmar (Burma), located 11 km up the Ayeyarwady River on the west bank from Mandalay. Its main attraction is the ruined Mingun Pahtodawgyi.
Mingun Pahtodawgyi
The Mingu ...
.
Ye Kharr lake between Sagaing Hill and Min Wun Hill produces natural
spirulina as in Twintaung of
Budalin Township
Budalin Township is a township in Monywa District in the Sagaing Division of Myanmar. and Twinma and Taung Pauk of
Kani Township
Kani Township ( my, ကနီမြို့နယ်) is a township in Yinmabin District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar. .
Demographics
2014
The
2014 Myanmar Census
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reported that Sagaing Township had a population of 307,194.
The
population density
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was 244.5 people per km².
The census reported that the median age was 30.1 years, and 88 males per 100 females.
There were 65,143 households; the mean household size was 4.3.
See also
*
Sadaung
References
External links
Maplandia World Gazetteer- map showing the township boundary
Townships of Sagaing Region
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