Letpadan

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Letpadan (လက်ပံတန်း)
Town
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Letpadan market
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Letpadan (လက်ပံတန်း)
Location in Burma
Coordinates: 17°47′11.9″N95°45′02.7″E / 17.786639°N 95.750750°E / 17.786639; 95.750750
CountryFlag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar
Region Flag of Bago Region.png  Bago Region
District Tharrawaddy
Township Letpadan
Time zone UTC+6.30 (MST)
Area code 54
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Letpatan or Letpadan [2] is a town in Tharrawaddy District, Bago Region in Myanmar. It is the administrative seat of Letpadan Township.

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References

  1. "National Telephone Area Codes". Myanmar's Net. Archived from the original on 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
  2. "Letpadan". GEOnet Names Server . United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.