Monywa District

Monywa District (Burmese: မုံရွာခရိုင်) (formerly Lower Chindwin District)^[1][2] is an administrative district in southern Sagaing Division, Burma (Myanmar).^[3] Its administrative center is the city of Monywa.

Monywa District မုံရွာ
District
Monywa District Location in Burma
Coordinates: 22°07′N 95°08′E / 22.117°N 95.133°E / 22.117; 95.133
Country	Burma
Region	Sagaing Region
No. of Townships	4
Capital	Monywa
Time zone	UTC+6.30 (MST)

Administrative divisions

Monywa District consists of the following townships:

• Ayadaw Township
• Budalin Township
• Chaung-U Township
• Monywa Township

Monywa District also consisted of the following townships, which formed to become Yinmabin District:

• Kani Township
• Pale Township
• Salingyi Township
• Yinmabin Township

Also, it had a township that has recently annexed into Shwebo District:

• Tabayin Township

Borders

Monywa District is bordered^[4] by:

• Mawlaik District to the north,^[5]
• Yinmabin District to the west,
• Sagaing District to the south^[5]

Notable residents

• Aung Khin, Burmese painter

Notes

1. Burma Gazetteer : Lower Chindwin district, Upper Burma. Office of the Superintendent, Government Printing, Burma. 1912. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
2. "Lower Chindwin District". geoview.info. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
3. The Permanent Committee of Geographic Names (PCGN), United Kingdom, from Internet Archive
4. "Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map" Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
5. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Chindwin, Upper and Lower" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 232.