Yesagyo Township
Yesagyo Township | |
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| Location in Pakokku district Location in Pakokku district | |
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| Country | File:Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar |
| Region | File:Flag of Magway Region.svg Magway |
| District | Pakokku District |
| Time zone | UTC+6:30 (MMT) |
| Area code | 062 |
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Yesagyo Township (Yaesagyo Township) is a township of Pakokku District in the Magway Region of central Myanmar. The principal town and administrative seat is Yesagyo.
The township is served by the Chaung-U to Pakokku railway.
Borders
[edit | edit source]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,[2] which area was formerly an island in the Chindwin.[3] Yesagyo Township is bounded by the following townships:[4]
- Salingyi Township, Sagaing region, to the north;
- Chaung-U Township and Myaung Township of Sagaing Region, to the northeast;
- Myingyan Township and Taungtha Township of Mandalay Region to the southeast;
- Pakokku Township to the southwest; and
- Myaing Township to the west.
Sights
[edit | edit source]The wooden Pakhangyi Monastery on brick foundations was constructed by King Mindon in 1886 and restored in 1992.[5] In 1992 the Pakhangyi Archaeological Museum was opened there. In 1996 Burma applied for World Heritage Site status for the site.[6]
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ "Magway Division, Myanmar" map ID: MIMU270v01, creation date:15 Jul 2010, Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
- ^ "Burma 1:250,000 topographic map, Series U542, NF 46-12, Myingyin" U.S. Army Map Service, August 1960
- ^ "Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map" Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
- ^ "Pakhangyi monastery" Asterism Travels & Tours - Myanmar
- ^ "Wooden Monasteries of Konbaung Period: Ohn Don, Sala, Pakhangyi, Pakhannge, Legaing, Sagu, Shwe-Kyaung (Mandalay) (04/10/1996)" Tentative Lists UNESCO World Heritage Centre
External links
[edit | edit source]- "Yesagyo Township - Magway Division"[permanent dead link] map ID: MIMU154v01, creation date: 5 June 2010, Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
- "Yesagyo Google Satellite Map" Maplandia World Gazetteer
