Lower_Chindwin_District

Monywa District

Monywa District

District in Sagaing Region, Burma

Monywa District (Burmese: မုံရွာခရိုင်) (formerly Lower Chindwin District)[1][2] is an administrative district in southern Sagaing Division, Burma (Myanmar).[3] Its administrative center is the city of Monywa.

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Administrative divisions

Monywa District consists of the following townships:

Monywa District previously also consisted of the following townships, which became Yinmabin District:

Also, it had a township that has recently been annexed to Shwebo District:

Borders

Monywa District is bordered[4] by:

Notable residents

Notes

  1. [1]
    Burma Gazetteer : Lower Chindwin district, Upper Burma. Office of the Superintendent, Government Printing, Burma. 1912. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  2. [2]
    "Lower Chindwin District". geoview.info. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  3. [3]
    "Burma: Second-Order Administrative Divisions (Districts)" The Permanent Committee of Geographic Names (PCGN), United Kingdom, from Internet Archive
  4. [4]
    "Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map" Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
  5. [5]
    Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Chindwin, Upper and Lower" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 232.


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