Thaton District
Encyclopedia
Thaton District is a district
of the Mon State
in Myanmar
. The capital is Thaton
town.
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District
Districts are a type of administrative division, in some countries managed by a local government. They vary greatly in size, spanning entire regions or counties, several municipalities, or subdivisions of municipalities.-Austria:...
of the Mon State
Mon State
Mon State is an administrative division of Myanmar. It is sandwiched between Kayin State on the east, the Andaman Sea on the west, Bago Region on the north and Tanintharyi Region on the south, and has a short border with Thailand's Kanchanaburi Province at its south-eastern tip. The land area is...
in Myanmar
Myanmar
Burma , officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar , is a country in Southeast Asia. Burma is bordered by China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, the Bay of Bengal to the southwest, and the Andaman Sea on the south....
. The capital is Thaton
Thaton
Thaton is a town in Mon State, in southern Myanmar on the Tenasserim plains. Thaton lies along the National Highway 8 and is also connected by the National Road 85.-Etymology:...
town.
Townships
The district contains the following townshipTownship
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...
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- Thaton TownshipThaton TownshipThaton Township is a township of Thaton District in the Mon State of Myanmar. It is the home of Thaton Institute of Agriculture....
- Paung TownshipPaung TownshipPaung Township is a township of Thaton District in the Mon State of Myanmar....
- Kyaikto TownshipKyaikto TownshipKyaikto Township is a township of Thaton District in the Mon State of Myanmar. Its principal town is Kyaikto.There were 157,216 persons with 27,745 households in Kyaikto Twonship according to an answer at Myanmar Parliament in September 2011...
- Bilin TownshipBilin TownshipBilin Township is a township of Thaton District in the Mon State of Myanmar. Its seat is the town of Bilin....