Shwebo District

Shwebo District
District
Shwebo District signboard located on Sagaing-Shwebo road
Shwebo District in Sagaing Region
Coordinates: 23°12′N95°31′E / 23.200°N 95.517°E / 23.200; 95.517
Country	Myanmar
Region	Sagaing Region
No. of Townships	3
Capital	Shwebo
Time zone	UTC+6.30 (MMT)

Shwebo District is a district in south-central Sagaing Region of Myanmar. ^[1] Its administrative center is the city of Shwebo.

Townships

Townships of Shwebo district

  Shwebo

  Wetlet

  Khin-U

The district consists of the following townships:

• Khin-U Township
• Shwebo Township
  • Kyaukmyaung Subtownship
• Wetlet Township

Prior to 2022, the district also included three additional townships- Taze and Ye-U and Tabayin townships. These three townships in the west of the former district was split off to form the new Ye-U District. ^{[2] [3]}

Shwebo District also consisted of the following townships, which formed to become Kanbalu District sometime before 2017:^{[ citation needed ]}

• Kanbalu Township
• Kyunhla Township

Economy

The area is supported by rice farming, fisheries and timbering.

Notes

1. "Burma: Second-Order Administrative Divisions (Districts)" The Permanent Committee of Geographic Names (PCGN), United Kingdom, from Internet Archive
2. "Expansion of new districts: New districts expanded in Nay Pyi Taw, regions and states". Myanmar International Television. 2 May 2022.
3. "Expansion of new districts in Nay Pyi Taw, regions and states". 2 May 2022.