Shwebo Township ( my, ရွှေဘိုမြို့နယ်) 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 ...

Shwebo District Shwebo District is a district in south-central Sagaing Division of Burma (Myanmar).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 ...

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 ...

. It is located on the plains between the Mu River and the

Ayeyarwady River The Irrawaddy River ( Ayeyarwady River; , , from Indic ''revatī'', meaning "abounding in riches") is a river that flows from north to south through Myanmar (Burma). It is the country's largest river and most important commercial waterway. Origi ...

. The ancient palace of King Alaungmintaya is there. Its administrative seat is the city of

Shwebo Shwebo ( my, ရွှေဘိုမြို့ ) is a city in Sagaing Region, Burma, 110 km north-west of Mandalay between the Irrawaddy and the Mu rivers. The city was the origin of the Konbaung Dynasty, established by King Alaungpaya ...

. As of 2014, it had a population of 266,807. 53.7% of its population was male while 46.3% was female.

Geography

Shwebo township is bounded on the east by the Ayeyarwady River, across which is

Singu Township Singu ( my, စဉ့်ကူးမြို့နယ်) is a township of Thabeikkyin District, Mandalay Division, Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ ...

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 captu ...

Mandalay Region Mandalay Region ( my, မန္တလေးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Mandalay Division) is an administrative divisions of Myanmar, administrative division of Myanmar. It is located in the center of the country, bordering ...

. To the north of Shwebo township is

Khin-U Township Khin-U Township is a township in Shwebo District in the Sagaing Division of Burma.

, to the south is

Wetlet Township Wetlet Township is a township of Shwebo District in the Sagaing Division of Burma (Myanmar). It is located on the plains between the Mu River and the Irrawaddy. Its administrative seat is the town of Wetlet. Hanlin City, one of the ancient ...

, and to the west is

Tabayin Township Tabayin Township is a township in Shwebo District in the Sagaing Division of Burma.

. Among the many villages and wards (village census tracts) in Shwebo township are Seik Khun Village, Hsin Inn (Sin-Inn) Village, Htoogyi Village, Khuntaungnge Village, Kyar Village, Myinchin Village, Pann Hlaing Village, Tazai Village, and Thanbayachan Village, NyaungPinTha Village, Late Chin Village, Pan Yan Village, Hla Taw Village, Tha Lone Village, Myin Sie Village, Zee Kone Lay Village, Nyaung Gan Village, Da Gan Thar Village, Thit Cho Bin Village, Ywar Mitther Village, Min Gone Village, Lone Taw Village, Zee BYU Gone village, Patetaw Village, Kaww Village

Economy

Recent irrigation projects have significantly increased rice production in the township, allowing three crops per year."Union of Burma - GRAIN Grain and Feed Annual"
p. 3, GAIN Report Number: BM9008, 29 April 2009, Foreign Agricultural Service, United States Department of Agriculture Shwebo focuses on the maintenance of their crop system.

Notes

External links

"Shwebo Township - Sagaing Division"
Map from Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
"Shwebo Google Satellite Map"
Maplandia Townships of Sagaing Region {{Shwebo-geo-stub