Tabayin Township

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Depeyin Township
Township
Tabayin tsp in YeU district.svg
location in Ye-U district
Tabayin Township.svg
location in Sagaing region
Coordinates: 22°42′N95°20′E / 22.700°N 95.333°E / 22.700; 95.333
Country Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar
Region Flag of Sagaing Region (2019).svg Sagaing Region
District Ye-U District
Capital Tabayin
Time zone UTC+6.30 (MMT)

Tabayin Township (also spelt Depeyin or Depayin) is a township in Ye-U District in the Sagaing Region, Myanmar. [1] The township is located in the north-western part of the country. The principal town is Tabayin. [2]

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History

On 12 May 2025, a Myanmar Air Force airstrike targeted a school in Ohteintwin, a small village in Tabayin, killing at least 20 people, including 20 children and two teachers. [3] The military junta, the State Administration Council called the airstrike, dubbed the 2025 Depayin School bombing, "fabricated news." [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Expansion of new districts: New districts expanded in Nay Pyi Taw, regions and states". Myanmar International Television. 2 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map" Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
  3. 1 2 AFP (2025-05-13). "Myanmar junta airstrike kills 22 at school: witnesses". Frontier Myanmar. Retrieved 2025-05-14.


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