Tharrawaddy ( my, သာယာဝတီ) is a city in
Bago Region
Bago Region ( my, ပဲခူးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Pegu Division and Bago Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar, located in the southern central part of the country. It is bordered by Magway Region ...
of lower
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 ...
. It is the administrative seat of
Tharrawaddy District
Tharrawaddy or Thayarwady District ( my, သာယာဝတီခရိုင်) is a district of the Bago Division in central Burma (Myanmar). The capital lies at Tharrawaddy, Burma.
Townships
The district contains the following townships:
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and
Tharrawaddy Township
Tharrawaddy Township is a township in Tharrawaddy District in the Bago Region of Burma
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only ...
. It locates on the main Yangon-Pyay road and 76 miles away at the north of
Yangon
Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government ...
.
History
The current city was built when the region was under British rule, in the first British temporary seat at Thonze. However, Thonze is populated for district offices. Therefore, the city was moved two miles north of Thonze and the new district city was built in 1878. The name of the city called Tharrawaddy as the old Burmese name.
Climate
References
Populated places in Tharrawaddy District
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