Lamaing, Madaya

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Lamaing
Village
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Lamaing
Location in Burma
Coordinates: 22°55′49″N96°18′51″E / 22.93028°N 96.31417°E / 22.93028; 96.31417 Coordinates: 22°55′49″N96°18′51″E / 22.93028°N 96.31417°E / 22.93028; 96.31417
Country Flag of Myanmar.svg  Burma
Region Mandalay Region
District Pyin Oo Lwin District
Township Madaya Township
Time zone UTC+6.30 (MST)

Lamaing is a village in Madaya Township, Pyin Oo Lwin District, in the Mandalay Region of central Burma. It is located southeast of Madaya and north of Mandalay, connected along the National Highway 31. [1] [2] On October 1, 1886 there was a reported small native garrison at Lamaing. [3]

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