Gyobingauk

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Gyobingauk
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Gyobingauk
Location in Burma
Coordinates: 18°13′N95°39′E / 18.217°N 95.650°E / 18.217; 95.650 Coordinates: 18°13′N95°39′E / 18.217°N 95.650°E / 18.217; 95.650
Country Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar
Region Flag of Bago Region.png  Bago Region
District Tharrawaddy District
Township Gyobingauk Township
Time zone UTC+6.30 (MST)

Gyobingauk is a town and seat of Gyobingauk Township, Tharrawaddy District, in the Bago Region of southern-central Burma. It lies approximately 10 kilometres north of Okpho along National Highway 2. [1] [2] It is located roughly 185 kilometres north of Yangon. The town has a Roman Catholic history with missionaries. It was reorganized in 1951 as the city headquarters. It is said that the city was named after GyoBinGauk because of buckling Gyo Tree's location at long times ago.

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