Tamu District

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Tamu District တမူးခရိုင်

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Country Flag of Myanmar.svg  Burma
Region Sagaing Region
No. of Townships 1
Capital Tamu
Time zone UTC+6.30 (MST)

Tamu District or Tuimu District is an administrative district in Sagaing Division, Burma (Myanmar). [1] Its administrative center is Tamu Town.

Townships

Tamu District consists of the following townships:

Sub-Township

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References

Footnotes
  1. "Burma: Second-Order Administrative Divisions (Districts)" The Permanent Committee of Geographic Names (PCGN), United Kingdom, from Internet Archive
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Coordinates: 24°13′N94°24′E / 24.217°N 94.400°E / 24.217; 94.400