Yesagyo Township (Yaesagyo 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, C ...

Pakokku District Pakokku District ( my, ပခုက္ကူခရိုင်, ; also Pagukku District) is a district of the Magway Division in central Burma (Myanmar). It is situated in northern part of Magwe Region. The administrative centre is the city of ...

in the

Magway Region Magway Region ( my, မကွေးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Magway Division) is an administrative division in central Myanmar. It is the second largest of Myanmar's seven divisions, with an area of . Pa Del Dam (ပဒ� ...

of central

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 ...

. The principal town and administrative seat is

Yesagyo Yesagyo ( my, ရေစကြိုမြို့) is a town in the Magway Division in Myanmar. It is situated on the Chindwin River, near the site where it flows into Irrawaddy River. It is the principal town and administrative seat of Yesagyo ...

. The township is served by the

Chaung-U Chaung-U ( my, ချောင်းဦးမြို့) is a town located in Monywa District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar. It is the principal town of Chaung-U Township. In the Bagan Dynasty, when King Popa Saw Rahan (also known as King Taungthugy ...

to Pakokku railway.

Borders

Yesagyo is the easternmost township of Magway Region. The Chindwin River and then the Irradwaddy form the eastern boundary of the township except for a small area on the eastern side of the Chindwin directly across from the town of Yesagyo, which area was formerly an island in the Chindwin."Burma 1:250,000 topographic map, Series U542, NF 46-12, Myingyin"
U.S. Army Map Service, August 1960 Yesagyo Township is bounded by the following townships: *

Salingyi Township Salingyi Township is a township in Yinmabin District in the Sagaing Division of Myanmar.

, Sagaing region, to the north; *

Chaung-U Township Chaung-U Township ( my, ချောင်းဦးမြို့နယ်) is a township in Monywa District of Sagaing Division in Burma.

and

Myaung Township Myaung Township is a township in Sagaing District in the Sagaing Division of Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only so ...

of Sagaing Region, to the northeast; *

Myingyan Township Myingyan ( my, မြင်းခြံမြို့နယ်) is a township of Myingyan District in the Mandalay Division of Burma. The township covers an area of and as of 2014 it had a population of 276,190 people. History The Treaty of Yand ...

and

Taungtha Township Taungtha Township is a township of Myingyan District in the Mandalay Region of Burma (Myanmar). Its principal town and administrative seat is Taungtha. The township covers an area of and as of 2014 it had a population of 216,399 people. History ...

of Mandalay Region to the southeast; * Pakokku Township to the southwest; and *

Myaing Township Myaing Township ( my, မြိုင် မြို့နယ်) is a township of Pakokku District in the Magway Region of Burma (Myanmar). Its administrative seat is Myaing. Borders Myaing Township is bordered by the following townships: * ...

to the west.

Sights

The wooden

Pakhangyi Monastery Pakhangyi Monastery ( my, ပခန်းကြီးကျောင်း), officially known as Kyaungdawgyi () is a Buddhist monastery in Yesagyo Township, Magway Region, Myanmar (Burma). The wooden monastery was built by Pho Toke and Daw Pha ...

on brick foundations was constructed by King Mindon in 1886 and restored in 1992. In 1992 the Pakhangyi Archaeological Museum was opened there. In 1996 Burma applied for

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status for the site."Wooden Monasteries of Konbaung Period: Ohn Don, Sala, Pakhangyi, Pakhannge, Legaing, Sagu, Shwe-Kyaung (Mandalay) (04/10/1996)"
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World Heritage Centre

Notes

External links

"Yesagyo Township - Magway Division"
map ID: MIMU154v01, creation date: 5 June 2010, Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
"Yesagyo Google Satellite Map"
Maplandia World Gazetteer Townships of Magway Region {{Burma-geo-stub