Minbu District

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Minbu District
မင်းဘူးရိုင်
Minbu district in Magway region.svg
Minbu District (Red) in Magway Region
Coordinates: 20°15′N94°15′E / 20.250°N 94.250°E / 20.250; 94.250
CountryFlag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar
Region Flag of Magway Region.svg  Magway Region
Capital Minbu
Time zone MMT

Minbu District is a district in western Magway Region in central Myanmar. [1] The city of Minbu is the administrative centre. Minbu District has 5 townships.

Contents

List of city and towns by urban population

RankCity/TownTownship2014 Census (2019 Estimate)1993 EstimateChange
1 Minbu Minbu Township 39,88442,809−6.83%
2 Salin Salin Township 20,40112,158+67.80%
3Sagu Minbu Township 14,36613,522+6.24%
4 Pwintbyu Pwintbyu Township 6,4765,350+21.05%
5Sinhpyukyun Salin Township 6,7560NA
6 Sidoktaya Sidoktaya Township 4,9716,514−23.69%
7 Ngape Ngape Township 4,1386,514−36.48%

Borders

Minbu District is bounded to the south by Thayet District, to the east by Magway District, to the north by Pakokku District, to the northwest by Mindat District of Chin State, and to the west by Sittwe District of Rakhine State and Kyaukpyu District of Rakhine State.

Townships

The district contains the following townships:

Notes

  1. "Burma: Second-Order Administrative Divisions (Districts)" The Permanent Committee of Geographic Names (PCGN), United Kingdom, from Internet Archive of 25 September 2007