Shwegu
Shwegu is a town in the Kachin State of northernmost part of the Myanmar. Shwegu has about 58,700 residents.Shwegu
- Type: City with 58,700 residents
- Description: human settlement in Myanmar
- Categories: human settlement, town in Myanmar, and locality
- Location: Shwegu Township, Bhamo District, Kachin State, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
24.2278° or 24° 13′ 40″ north
Longitude
96.7874° or 96° 47′ 15″ east
Population
58,700
Elevation
390 feet (119 metres)
Open location code
7MPR6QHP+4X
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OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Uzbek—“Shwegu” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “শ্বেকু”
- Burmese: “ရွှေကူမြို့”
- Burmese: “ရွှေဂူမြို့”
- Chinese: “瑞古”
- Dutch: “Shwegu”
- German: “Shwegu”
- Irish: “Shwegu”
- Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻသွေကူ”
- Shan: “ဝဵင်းႁူၺ်ႈၵူႈ”
- Shan: “ႁူၺ်ႈၵူႈ၊ ဝဵင်း”
- Uzbek: “Shwegu”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Shwegu Township Hospital and သောင်ခုံ.
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