Monywa District
Monywa District (Burmese: မုံရွာခရိုင်) (formerly Lower Chindwin District) is an administrative district in southern Sagaing Division, Burma (Myanmar). Its administrative center is the city of Monywa.
Administrative divisions
Monywa District consists of the following townships:
Monywa District previously also consisted of the following townships, which became Yinmabin District:
Also, it had a township that has recently been annexed to Shwebo District:
Borders
Monywa District is bordered by:
- Mawlaik District to the north,
- Yinmabin District to the west,
- Sagaing District to the south
Notable residents
- Aung Khin, Burmese painter
Notes
- ^ Burma Gazetteer : Lower Chindwin district, Upper Burma. Office of the Superintendent, Government Printing, Burma. 1912. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
- ^ "Lower Chindwin District". geoview.info. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
- ^ "Burma: Second-Order Administrative Divisions (Districts)" The Permanent Committee of Geographic Names (PCGN), United Kingdom, from Internet Archive
- ^ "Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map" Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 232.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
.svg){kind=small}  | This Monywa District location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |