Seikphyu ( my, ဆိပ်ဖြူ) is the principal town and administrative seat for

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, ...

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 the

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, ...

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 ...

, on the right (western) bank of the Irrawaddy immediately below its confluence with the

Yaw River Yaw River or Ywa River is a river of 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 ...

. It is located across the Irrawaddy river from

Chauk Chauk ( my, ချောက်) is a town and river port in Magway Region, north-central Myanmar (Burma), on the Irrawaddy River. It is located across the river from Seikphyu (ဆိပ်ဖြူ) and is connected by a bridge. History In 1902, ...

and is connected by

Anawrahta Bridge Anawrahta Bridge is one of the bridges constructed by State Peace and Development Council of Myanmar. Anawrahta Bridge links Chauk and Seikphyu on Ayeyawady River (Irrawaddy River).

."Burma 1:250,000 topographic map, Series U542, NF 46-16 Yenangyaung"
U.S. Army Map Service, August 1960 It is situated 34 kilometers south-south-west of ancient

Bagan Bagan (, ; formerly Pagan) is an ancient city and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar. From the 9th to 13th centuries, the city was the capital of the Bagan Kingdom, the first kingdom that unified the regions that wou ...

City and 44 kilometers from

Nyaung U Airport Nyaung U Airport ( my, ပုဂံညောင်‌ဦးလေဆိပ်) is an airport located in Nyaung-U (or Nyaung Oo), a town in the Mandalay Region, Myanmar. It is the primary air gateway to the ancient sites of Bagan and surrounding ...

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"Seikpyu Map — Satellite Images of Seikpyu"
Maplandia World Gazetteer Populated places in Magway Region Township capitals of Myanmar {{Magway-geo-stub