Htigyaing Township or Tigyaing Township (; ) is a township of

Katha District Katha District is the northeasternmost district in Sagaing Region of Myanmar.

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 ...

, in northern

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. It lies on the border with the

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. ...

of Myanmar. The administrative seat is at

Htigyaing Htigyaing, also spelt Tigyaing, ( shn, ဝဵင်းတီႈၶင်ႉ) is a town in eastern Sagaing Division, in northern Myanmar. It is a port on the Irrawaddy River and the administrative seat of Tigyaing Township. History When the Mong ...

. The

Shweli River Shweli River ( my, ရွှေလီမြစ်; zh, 瑞丽江) is a river in China and Myanmar (Burma). Also known as Nam Mao ( shn, ၼမ်ႉမၢဝ်း; ) in Shan or Dai, and Ruili River or Longchuan River (龙川江) in Chinese, it ...

is a tributary of the Irrawaddy and forms part of the northern boundary with Katha Township and part of the eastern boundary with the Shan State.Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers,

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(1954
"Mong Mit, Burma"
topographic map NF 47-1, Series U542 The Indaung Reserved Forest and the Kyauktaung Reserved Forest are located in the eastern part of the township. Among the towns and villages in Tigyaing Township are: Aledaw, Datwin, Daungbin, Htidawgaing, Myadaung, Tawma and Wundingon.

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"Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map"
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"Tigyaing Google Satellite Map"
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