Chaungwa, Dawei

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Chaungwa
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Chaungwa
Location in Burma
Coordinates: 13°56′N98°57′E / 13.933°N 98.950°E / 13.933; 98.950 Coordinates: 13°56′N98°57′E / 13.933°N 98.950°E / 13.933; 98.950
Country Flag of Myanmar.svg  Burma
Region Taninthayi Region
District Dawei District
Township Dawei Township
Elevation
137 m (448 ft)
Time zone UTC+6.30 (MST)

Chaungwa is a village of Dawei District in the Taninthayi Division of Myanmar.

Geography

It is located by the Tenasserim River on the western side of the Tenasserim Range near the border with Thailand. [1]

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