Labutta Township or Latputta Township is one of the two township

Townships of Burma

Townships are the third-level administrative divisions of Burma. They are the sub divisions of the Districts of Burma. According to the Myanmar Information Management Unit , as of December 2007, there are 325 townships of Burma...

 in Labutta District

Labutta District

Labutta District or Latputta District is a district in Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar. Labutta District was established in 2008 after the region was hit by Cyclone Nargis in May 2008. The administrative seat is the town of Labutta .-Townships:...

 in the Ayeyarwady Region of Burma (Myanmar). It is located in the delta of the Irrawaddy.

84,454 people from this township were listed as dead or missing as a result of the devastating 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...

in 2008. As a result, there was a worldwide effort to rehabilitate the villages and towns of Labutta severely affected by the cyclone.

Communities

, there were 115 village tracts in Labutta Township comprising 684 villages; however the township's boundaries were adjusted on 5 August 2009.

External links

• "Labutta Google Satellite Map" Maplandia World Gazetteer