Pauk 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 Pakokku District

Pakokku District

Pakokku District is a district of the Magway Division in central Burma . The administrative centre is the city of Pakokku.In October 2011, 7 wards and 95 villages were flooded because of heavy rain from tropical storm 02B which made a landfall at Myanmar-Bangladesh border on 19 Nov. All 4...

 in Magway Division

Magway Division

Magway Region is an administrative division in central Burma . Magway Region is the largest of Myanmar's seven divisions, with an area of .-Geography:...

 of Burma (Myanmar). The principal town and administrative seat is Pauk

Pauk

Pauk is a town in Pauk Township, Pakokku District, Magway Division, in northwest Burma . It is the administrative center for Pauk Township. Pauk is located on the western bank of the Kyaw River just above its intersection with the Yaw River....

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The township lies between 21° 10' and 21° 49' north latitude and 94° 18' and 94° 44' east longitude. It has an area of 1,490 sq.mi. The principal river is the Kyaw River

Kyaw River

The Kyaw River is a river of upper Burma . It is a major tributary of the Yaw River which it enters just below the town of Pauk....

 along the banks of which rice is grown.

Borders

Pauk Township is bordered by:

• Seikphyu Township, to the south,
• Saw Township
  Saw Township
  Saw Township is a township of Gangaw District in the Magway Region of Burma . The principal town and administrative seat is Saw.-External links:* Township 112 on Myanmar Information Management Unit * Maplandia...
  
  , to the west,
• Tilin Township
  Tilin Township
  Tilin Township or Htilin Township is a township of Gangaw District in the Magway Region of Burma . The principal town and administrative seat is Tilin.-Communities:...
  
  , to the northwest,
• Gangaw Township
  Gangaw Township
  Gangaw Township is a township of Gangaw District in the Magway Division of Myanmar. The principal town is Gangaw....
  
   and Pale Township
  Pale Township
  Pale Township is a township in Monywa District in the Sagaing Division of Burma. The principal town is Pale.-External links:* - map showing the township boundary...
  
   of Sagaing Division
  Sagaing Division
  Sagaing Region is an administrative region of Burma , located in the north-western part of the country between latitude 21° 30' north and longitude 94° 97' east...
  
  , to the north,
• Myaing Township
  Myaing Township
  Myaing Township is a township of Pakokku District in the Magway Region of Burma . Its administrative seat is Myaing.-Borders:Myaing Township is bordered by the following townships:* Pale and Salingyi of Sagaing Region to the north;...
  
  , to the east, and
• Pakokku Township
  Pakokku Township
  Pakokku Township is a township of Pakokku District in Magway Division of Burma . The principal town and administrative seat is Pakokku. The township has its eastern and southeastern border along the Irrawaddy where its principal town, Pakokku, is a port. The Yaw River forms the township’s...
  
  , to the southeast.

External links

• "Pauk Google Satellite Map" map of administrative area with listing of principal settlements, from Maplandia
• "Map of Pauk Township"