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Wetlet Township is a
township A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
of
Shwebo District Shwebo District is a district in south-central Sagaing Division of Burma (Myanmar).Sagaing Division 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 ...
of
Burma (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 Wells explai ...
. It is located on the plains between the Mu River and the Irrawaddy. Its administrative seat is the town of
Wetlet Wetlet ( my, ဝက်လက်) is a town in Shwebo District, Sagaing Region in Myanmar. It is the administrative seat for Wetlet Township. The town of Wetlet is located in the center of Wetlet Township, about halfway between the Mu River and th ...
. Hanlin City, one of the ancient cities of
Pyu Pyu, also spelled Phyu or Phyuu, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. is a town in Taungoo District, Bago Region in Myanmar. It is the administrative seat of Phyu Township Pyu Township is a township in Taungoo District in the ...
Period, located near Hanlin Village. The City was ruined because of fire. It was founded in the 1st century AD and it was the largest and most important city until around the 7th or 8th century when it was superseded by Sri Kestra. It becomes one of the Myanmar first sites inscribed in
World Heritage Sites A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). World Heritage Sites are designated by UNES ...
in June 2014. Beikthano and Sri Ksetra were other 2 sites inscribed together at the same time.


Bounds

Wetlet Township is bounded on the east by the Irrawaddy River, across from which are
Singu Township Singu ( my, စဉ့်ကူးမြို့နယ်) is a township of Thabeikkyin District, Mandalay Division, Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ ...
and
Madaya Township Madaya is a township of Aungmyethazan District in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar. History In the 16th century, the Gwe Shans built a stockade in the village of Okpo. On October 1, 1886, there was a reported small native garrison at Madaya and nea ...
of
Mandalay District Mandalay District ( my, မန္တလေး ခရိုင်) is a district of the Mandalay Division in central Myanmar. Though the district used to consist of two cities, Mandalay and Amarapura, today, with the urban sprawl of Mandalay captu ...
in
Mandalay Division Mandalay Region ( my, မန္တလေးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Mandalay Division) is an administrative division of Myanmar. It is located in the center of the country, bordering Sagaing Region and Magway Region to ...
."Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map"
Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU) To the north of Wetlet Township is
Shwebo Township Shwebo Township ( my, ရွှေဘိုမြို့နယ်) is a township of Shwebo District in the Myanmar's Sagaing Region. It is located on the plains between the Mu River and the Ayeyarwady River. The ancient palace of King Alaungm ...
, to the south is
Sagaing Township Sagaing Township is a township in Sagaing District in the Sagaing Division of Myanmar. The principal town is Sagaing and tourist spot of Mingun. Ye Kharr lake between Sagaing Hill and Min Wun Hill produces natural spirulina as in Twintaung of B ...
, and to the west is
Ayadaw Township Ayadaw Township is a township in Monywa District in the Sagaing Division of Myanmar.
.


Towns and villages

Among the more than seventy towns, villages and wards (village census tracts) in Wetlet township are Aungchantha, Chaungmido,
Halin Taungbo Hanlin is a city in Shwebo District in south-western Sagaing Region in Burma, Burma (Myanmar). It is located in the Mu River drainage in the foothills on the western slope of the Mawdaw Mountains.Hladaw Hladaw (sometimes Hladaw Model Village) is a crossroads village in Wetlet Township of Shwebo District in the Sagaing Region of Burma (Myanmar). It is located on the plains between the Mu River and the Irrawaddy. Hladaw is at the cross roads of ...
, Mugyi, Myindaw, Sabedaw. Sadaung I, Sadaung II, and Ywatha."Ywatha Map"
Maplandia


References

Townships of Sagaing Region {{Shwebo-geo-stub