Sakangyi, Taunggyi
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Sakangyi is a town in Taunggyi Township
in Taunggyi District
in the Shan State
of eastern Burma. It is located west along National Highway 4
from Aye Thar Yar and Taunggyi
. The National Road 43
begins in the eastern part of the town and connects National Highway 4 to National Highway 3
in the north at Nawnghkio
. It is connected via National Highway 4 to Heho
in the west.
Taunggyi Township
Taunggyi Township is a township of Taunggyi District in the Shan State of Myanmar. The principal town is Taunggyi.-Borders:Taunggyi Township is bordered by the following townships:* Lawksawk to the north* Hopong to the north and east...
in Taunggyi District
Taunggyi District
Taunggyi District is a district of Shan State in Burma. The principal town and administrative center is Taunggyi. This district has 12 towns and 3001 villages.-Townships:The district contains the following townships:*Taunggyi Township*Nyaungshwe Township...
in the Shan State
Shan State
Shan State is a state of Burma . Shan State borders China to the north, Laos to the east, and Thailand to the south, and five administrative divisions of Burma in the west. Largest of the 14 administrative divisions by land area, Shan State covers 155,800 km², almost a quarter of the total...
of eastern Burma. It is located west along National Highway 4
National Highway 4 (Burma)
National Highway 4 is an important west-east flowing highway of central Burma. It connects the town of Meiktila in the Mandalay Division to Tachileik in Shan State in the east on the border with Thailand...
from Aye Thar Yar and Taunggyi
Taunggyi
-Transportation:The main access to Taunggyi is by road. A railway line that passes through Taunggyi was recently built in 1995, but at the moment it offers no passenger service. Regular railway passenger service to the rest of the country is through the town of Shwenyaung, twelve miles to the...
. The National Road 43
National Road 43 (Burma)
National Road 43 or State Highway 43 is a highway of eastern Burma, passing through Shan State. It connects the National Highway 3 at Nawnghkio at with National Highway 4 at Sakangyi at in the south, several miles west of the city of Taunggyi....
begins in the eastern part of the town and connects National Highway 4 to National Highway 3
National Highway 3 (Burma)
National Highway 3 is one of the most important highways of central-eastern Burma. It connects Mandalay to Muse on the border with China....
in the north at Nawnghkio
Nawnghkio
Nawnghkio, variously spelt Naunghkio, Naungcho or Nawngcho, is a town in northern Shan State, Burma. It is connected to Mandalay, Pyin U Lwin, Kyaukme, Hsipaw and Lashio by road and rail and by road to Taunggyi via National Road 43. Asia World Company, led by Tun Myint Naing, won the contract to...
. It is connected via National Highway 4 to Heho
Heho
Heho is a small town in Kalaw Township, Taunggyi District, Shan State of Myanmar . It is the primary air gateway to tourist areas such as Inle Lake.Heho is connected by NH4 to Sakangyi and Taunggyi, the capital of the Shan State in the east...
in the west.