Labutta
Sign in to saveLabutta or Laputta (, ) is a town in the Ayeyarwady Region of south-west Myanmar. It is the administrative seat of Labutta Township and the capital of Labutta District, Ayeyarwady Region. Labutta lies on the western bank of the Yway River. The town has 10 urban wards.
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- Locality
- Labutta
- Region
- ဧရာဝတီတိုင်းဒေသကြီး
- Country
- မြန်မာ
- Population
- 29,645
- Timezone
- Asia/Yangon
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Labutta or Laputta (, ) is a town in the Ayeyarwady Region of south-west Myanmar. It is the administrative seat of Labutta Township and the capital of Labutta District, Ayeyarwady Region. Labutta lies on the western bank of the Yway River. The town has 10 urban wards.
==History== The name Labutta comes from "Lapwat" in the Mon language meaning a fork in the river, and "ta" referring to a toddy palm tree.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Labutta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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