Thaton District ( my, သထုံခရိုင်;

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: Doo The Htoo ; Pa-O: သထွုံႏခရဲင်ႏ; is a

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of the

Mon State Mon State ( my, မွန်ပြည်နယ်, ; mnw, တွဵုရးဍုင်မန်, italics=no) is an administrative division of Myanmar. It lies between Kayin State to the east, the Andaman Sea to the west, Bago Region to the ...

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. The capital is

Thaton Thaton (; mnw, သဓီု ) is a town in Mon State, in southern Myanmar on the Tenasserim plains. Thaton lies along the National Highway 8 and is also connected by the National Road 85. It is 230 km south east of Yangon and 70 km n ...

town. The district covers an area of 5,157 km², and had a population of 822,172 at the 2014 Census. Thaton district in Mon state

Townships

The district contains the following

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s: * Thaton Township (pop. 238,106; area 1,236 km²) *

Paung Township Paung Township ( my, ပေါင်မြို့နယ်; mnw, ပွိုၚ်ဍုၚ်ပံၚ်) is a township of Thaton District in the Mon State of Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: W ...

(pop. 218,459; area 974 km²) * Kyaikto Township (pop. 184,532; area 952 km²) *

Bilin Township Bilin Township ( my, ဘီးလင်းမြို့နယ်) is a township of Thaton District in the Mon State of Myanmar. Its seat is the town of Bilin. The Kelatha Wildlife Sanctuary Kelatha Wildlife Sanctuary ( my, ကေလာသ တ ...

(pop. 181,075; area 1,995 km²)

References

Districts of Myanmar Mon State {{burma-geo-stub