Palaw 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 Myeik District

Myeik District

Myeik District is a district in the Tanintharyi Region of Burma .-Townships:The district contains the following townships:*Myeik Township*Kyunsu Township*Palaw Township*Taninthayi Township...

 in the Taninthayi Region of Burma (Myanmar). The principal town and administrative seat is Palaw

Palaw

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. Second in importance is the town of Palauk

Palauk

Palauk is a town in the Myeik District, Taninthayi Region, in Burma . It is located on the main coastal road, Route 8, between Tavoy and Palaw. Palauk is the administrative seat of the Palauk Subtownship.-External links:* Maplandia World Gazetteer...

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Administrative subdivisions

Palaw Township is divided into twenty-seven tracts. Six of those tracts are organized into the Palauk Subtownship which occupies the northern third of the township, and which is administered from the town of Palauk.

Kyauklonegyi (Palauk Subtownship) Pyichar (Palauk Subtownship) Sinhtoegyi (Palauk Subtownship) Nanthilar (Palauk Subtownship) Pyinbugyi (Palauk Subtownship) Khanti (Palauk Subtownship) Leikthaung Htaminmasar Taungyarkan

Shandut Mikyaungthaik Shatpon Pulawkone Pulawhpyar (Pulawbya) Magyikone Palaw (urban) Nantaung Duyinpinshaung

Letku Minhtein (Mintein) Kade To Pala Zayatseik Kye Kyaukkar Mali (offshore islands)

Communities

Among the villages in Pakokku Township are: Banka, Bodaungseik, Kade, Kataungni, Mintein, Palawgong (Palawgon), Pidat, Tonbu, Wachaung, and Zadiwin.

There are a 50-bed township hospital, five 16-bed station hospitals at Pala, Palauk, Maligyun, Pyinbugyi and Kyaukka, one maternal and child health care centre, one urban health care centre, six rural health centers and 15 sub rural health care centers in 2011.