Taunggyi District
District in Shan State, Burma
20°40′N 97°00′E / 20.667°N 97.000°E / 20.667; 97.000[1]
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
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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)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Pa%27O_SAZ_and_Danu_SAZ_in_Taunggyi_district.svg/220px-Pa%27O_SAZ_and_Danu_SAZ_in_Taunggyi_district.svg.png)
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.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Inlay Lake (wetland) Sanctuary". exploremyanmar.com. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
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Capital: Taunggyi
Kengtung District |
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Mong Hpayak District |
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Mong Hsat District |
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Tachileik District |
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Kyaukme District |
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Lashio District | |
Laukkaing District | see Kokang Self-Administered Zone |
Mu Se District |
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Hopang District | see Wa Self-Administered Division |
Matman District | see Wa Self-Administered Division |
Mongmit District | |
Kokang Self-Administered Zone |
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Pa Laung Self-Administered Zone1 | |
Wa Self-Administered Division |
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Langkho District |
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Loilen District |
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Taunggyi District |
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Danu Self-Administered Zone | |
Pa-O Self-Administered Zone |
- Taunggyi
- Aungban
- Ayetharyar
- Chinshwehaw
- Hong Pai
- Hopang
- Hopong
- Hseni
- Hsi Hseng
- Hsipaw
- Kalaw
- Kengtung
- Kholam
- Kunhing
- Kunlong
- Kutkai
- Kyaukme
- Kyethi
- Lai-Hka
- Langkho
- Lashio
- Laukkaing
- Lawksawk
- Loilen
- Mabein
- Mantong
- Mawkmai
- Mong Hpayak
- Mong Hsat
- Mong Hsu
- Mong Khet
- Mong Kung
- Mong Nai
- Mong Pan
- Mong Ping
- Mong Ton
- Mong Yang
- Mong Yawng
- Mongko
- Mongmit
- Mongyai
- Muse
- Nanhkan
- Namhsan
- Namtu
- Nansang
- Nawnghkio
- Nyaungshwe
- Panglong
- Pekon
- Pinlaung
- Ponparkyin, Shan State, Myanmar
- Tachileik
- Tangyan
1 - also part of Kyaukme District; 2 - also part of Hopang District; 3 - also part of Matman District
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