Wakema
Wakema is a town in the Ayeyarwady Division of south-west Myanmar. It is the seat of the Wakema Township in the Myaungmya District. It is home to the Government Technological Institute, Wakema.- Type: Town with 42,700 residents
- Description: human settlement in Myanmar
- Also known as: “Wagay-ma”, “Wagèma”, “Wancuma”, and “Wankinna”
Wakema
- Categories: human settlement, town in Myanmar, and locality
- Location: Wakema Township, Myaungmya District, Ayeyarwady, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
16.60446° or 16° 36′ 16″ north
Longitude
95.17771° or 95° 10′ 40″ east
Population
42,700
Elevation
36 feet (11 metres)
Open location code
7M8QJ53H+Q3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Swedish—“Wakema” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ဝါးခယ်မ”
- Burmese: “ဝါးခယ်မမြို့”
- Cebuano: “Wakema”
- Chinese: “瓦溪碼鎮”
- Dutch: “Wakema”
- Hebrew: “וואקמה”
- Irish: “Wakema”
- Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻဝွါးခယ်မ”
- Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻဝါးခယ်မ”
- Russian: “Вакема”
- Shan: “ဝႃးၶႄႇမ၊ ဝဵင်း”
- Shan: “ဝဵင်းဝႃးၶႄႇမ”
- Swedish: “Wakema”
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Highlights: ဝါးခယ်မဆေးရုံဝင်း and Wakema Township Hospital.
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