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Place details
- Locality
- မကွေး
- Region
- မကွေးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး
- Country
- မြန်မာ
- Population
- 96,954
- Timezone
- Asia/Yangon
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Myanmar
- Region
- Magway Region
- Districts
- Magway District
- Township
- Magway Township
- Mayor
- U Kyi Tun ( USDP )
- Capital town
- 289,247
- Urban
- 66,772
- Metro
- 222,475
- Time zone
- UTC+6.30 ( MST )
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Magway or Magwe (Burmese: မကွေးမြို့, MLCTS: ma. kwe: mrui., pronounced [məɡwé mjo̰]) is the capital city of Magway Region (formerly Magway Division) of Myanmar, and situated on the banks of the Irrawaddy River. The Myathalun Pagoda is located at the north of the city. Magway Region is famous for the cultivation of sesame and many kinds of nuts. It is also the second largest city of Magway Region and it is home to Magway Airport.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Magway” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.