Bogale Township is a township

Township

The word township is used to refer to different kinds of settlements in different countries. Township is generally associated with an urban area. However there are many exceptions to this rule. In Australia, the United States, and Canada, they may be settlements too small to be considered urban...

 of Pyapon District

Pyapon District

Pyapon District is a district of the Ayeyarwady Division in south western Myanmar. It consists 4 cities. They are Pyapon, Bogalay, Kyaiklat and Dedaye.-Townships:The district contains the following townships:*Pyapon Township*Bogalay Township...

 in the Ayeyarwady Region of Burma (Myanmar).

In May 2008, the town of Bogale

Bogale

Bogale is a small city located in the Bogale Township, Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar . It is located on the southwestern part of Myanmar/Burma on the mainland section of the country. It can be reached by both water transportation and by land....

 suffered heavily from Cyclone Nargis

Cyclone Nargis

Cyclone Nargis , was a strong tropical cyclone that caused the worst natural disaster in the recorded history of Burma. The cyclone made landfall in Burma on Friday, May 2, 2008, causing catastrophic destruction and at least 138,000 fatalities...

; 36,325 people were listed as dead or missing.

Communities

On 8 August 2008, two village tracts (Kadonkani and Ayeyar) from Pyapon Township

Pyapon Township

Pyapon Township is a township of Pyapon District in the Ayeyarwady Division of Myanmar....

were moved into Bogale Township. , there were 71 village tracts comprising 589 villages in Bogale Township. Additional boundary adjustments were made on 5 August 2009.

External links

• "Bogale Township, Ayeyarwady Division" map ID: MIMU154v02, created: 1 July 2010, Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
• "Bogale Google Satellite Map" Maplandia World Gazetteer