Shwebo District
Shwebo District | |
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Shwebo District signboard located on Sagaing-Shwebo road | |
Shwebo District in Sagaing Region | |
| Coordinates: 23°12′N 95°31′E / 23.200°N 95.517°E | |
| Country | Myanmar |
| Region | Sagaing Region |
| No. of Townships | 3 |
| Capital | Shwebo |
| Time zone | UTC+6.30 (MMT) |
Shwebo District is a district in south-central Sagaing Region of Myanmar.[1] Its administrative center is the city of Shwebo.
Townships
The district consists of the following townships:
- Khin-U Township
- Shwebo Township
- Kyaukmyaung Subtownship
- Wetlet Township
Prior to 2022, the district also included three additional townships- Taze and Ye-U and Tabayin townships. These three townships in the west of the former district was split off to form the new Ye-U District.[2][3]
Shwebo District also consisted of the following townships, which formed to become Kanbalu District sometime before 2017:
Economy
The area is supported by rice farming, fisheries and timbering.
Notes
- ^ "Burma: Second-Order Administrative Divisions (Districts)" The Permanent Committee of Geographic Names (PCGN), United Kingdom, from Internet Archive
- ^ "Expansion of new districts: New districts expanded in Nay Pyi Taw, regions and states". Myanmar International Television. 2 May 2022.
- ^ "Expansion of new districts in Nay Pyi Taw, regions and states". 2 May 2022.