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Taunggyi District ( my, တောင်ကြီးခရိုင်) 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 counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
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Shan State Shan State ( my, ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်, ; shn, မိူင်းတႆး, italics=no) also known by the Endonym and exonym, endonyms Shanland, Muang Tai, and Tailong, is a administrative divisions of Myanmar, state of Myanmar. ...
in Burma. The principal town and administrative center is Taunggyi. This district has 12 towns and 3001 villages. Popular tourist sites, Inle Lake and Inlay Lake Wetland Sanctuary lies in this district.


Administrative divisions


The district contains the following
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Kalaw Township Kalaw Township ( my, ကလောမြို့နယ်) is a Townships of Myanmar, township of Taunggyi District in the Shan State of Myanmar. The principal town is Kalaw. This township contains Kalaw, Aungban and Heho. Lawksawk Township *
Nyaungshwe Township Nyaungshwe Township (; ) is a township of Taunggyi District in Shan State, Myanmar. It is located south of Sakangyi and south-west of Taunggyi. The principal town is Nyaungshwe. Inle Lake, a popular tourist destination and an inland freshwater la ...
* Pekon Township *
Taunggyi Township Taunggyi Township is a township of Taunggyi District in the Shan State of Myanmar. The principal town is Taunggyi. Borders Taunggyi Township is bordered
* Pindaya Township (part of the Danu Self-Administered Zone) *
Ywangan Township Ywangan Township ( my, ရွာငံမြို့နယ်) is a township located within Taunggyi District, Shan State, Myanmar. It is also part of the Danu Self-Administered Zone. The principal town is Ywangan Ywangan Township ( my, ရွာ ...
(part of the Danu Self-Administered Zone) *
Hopong Township Hopong Township ( my, ဟိုပုန်းမြို့နယ်) ( blk, ဝေင်ꩻနယ်ႏဟိုပုံꩻ) is a township of Taunggyi District in the Shan State of Myanmar. The principal town is Hopong, Pa'O Self-Administered ...
(part of the Pa'O Self-Administered Zone) * Hsi Hseng Township (part of the Pa'O Self-Administered Zone) * Pinlaung Township (part of the Pa'O Self-Administered Zone)


References

Districts of Myanmar Geography of Shan State {{burma-geo-stub