Pakokku
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Pakokku (, ) is the largest city in the Magway Region of Myanmar. It is situated about 30 km northeast of Bagan on the Irrawaddy River. It is the administration seat of Pakokku Township, Pakokku District and Gangaw District. Pakokku Bridge is part of the India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway and is the longest bridge in Myanmar. It is home of the Pakokku Airport.
Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.name
- Pakokku
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Myanma
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type
- Burmese
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Pakokku .jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
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- Myanmar
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- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Myanmar
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Pakokku District
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Township
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Pakokku Township
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2014
- Settlement.population_urban
- 107,557
- Settlement.population_metro
- 214,597
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- Name origin
- History
- Notable Places
- Climate
- Transport
- Air
- River
- Rail
- Roads
- Education
- List of universities and colleges in Pakokku
- Sports
- List of Ethnic Groups in Pakokku
- Religion
- Health care
- Public Hospitals
- Private Hospitals
- References
Pakokku (, ) is the largest city in the Magway Region of Myanmar. It is situated about 30 km northeast of Bagan on the Irrawaddy River. It is the administration seat of Pakokku Township, Pakokku District and Gangaw District. Pakokku Bridge is part of the India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway and is the longest bridge in Myanmar. It is home of the Pakokku Airport.
The city is the location of Computer University, Pakokku, Pakokku Education College, Technological University, Pakokku, and Pakokku University. Thiho Shin Pagoda (The Lord of Sri Lanka Pagoda), Shwe Ku Pagoda, Shwe Mothtaw Pagoda, Shwe Tant Tit, and Phaung Taw Oo Pagoda are famous pagodas in Pakokku. Pakokku is also the largest rice market city of Upper Myanmar.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pakokku” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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