Taunggyi District

Taunggyi District
Taunggyi District
District
	Taunggyi District Location in Burma
	Coordinates: 20°40′N 97°00′E / 20.667°N 97.000°E
Country	Burma
State	Shan State
Elevation	1,404 m (4,606 ft)
Time zone	UTC+6.30 (MST)

Taunggyi District (Burmese: တောင်ကြီးခရိုင်) is a district of Shan State in Burma. The principal town and administrative center is Taunggyi. This district has 12 towns and 3001 villages.

Popular tourist sites, Inle Lake and Inlay Lake Wetland Sanctuary lies in this district.^[2]^[3]

Administrative divisions

Ywangan

Taunggyi

Pinlaung

Pindaya

Pekon

Nyaungshwe

Lawksawk

Kalaw

Hsi Hseng

Hopong

The district contains the following townships:

Kalaw Township
Lawksawk Township
Nyaungshwe Township
Pekon Township
Taunggyi Township
Pindaya Township (part of the Danu Self-Administered Zone)
Ywangan Township (part of the Danu Self-Administered Zone)
Hopong Township (part of the Pa'O Self-Administered Zone)
Hsi Hseng Township (part of the Pa'O Self-Administered Zone)
Pinlaung Township (part of the Pa'O Self-Administered Zone)

Pa'O SAZ

Danu SAZ

References

^ GoogleEarth
^ by Zaw Win Than (17 March 2014). "Inle Lake 'not ready' for tourism boom". mmtimes.com. Retrieved 12 July 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Inlay Lake (wetland) Sanctuary". exploremyanmar.com. Retrieved 12 July 2014.

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[1] GoogleEarth

[2] y Zaw Win Than (17 March 2014). "Inle Lake 'not ready' for tourism boom". mmtimes.com. Retrieved 12 July 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[3] "Inlay Lake (wetland) Sanctuary". exploremyanmar.com. Retrieved 12 July 2014.

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Taunggyi District
District

Taunggyi District Location in Burma
Coordinates: 20°40′N 97°00′E / 20.667°N 97.000°E / 20.667; 97.000
Country	Burma
State	Shan State
Elevation ^[1]	1,404 m (4,606 ft)
Time zone	UTC+6.30 (MST)