Pauktaw

Pauktaw is the principal town of in in , . On 16 November 2023 the town was briefly captured by the Arakan Army during the ongoing civil war, following the resumption of hostilities after the ceasefire between the AA and the Tatmadaw military junta broke down.
Wikipedia
  • Town
  • …lies at an elevation of 23 feet (7 metres)
  • Description: human settlement in Myanmar
  • Also known as
    “Pauktau”
    “Werathani”
    “ပေါက်တော”

Pauktaw

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Latitude
20.1818° or 20° 10′ 55″ north
Longitude
93.06914° or 93° 4′ 9″ east
Open location code
7MGM53J9+PM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2304841060
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1301057
Wiki­data ID
Q7148892

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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Vietnamese—“Pauktaw” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “ပေါက်တောမြို့”
  • Burmese: “ဝီရဌာနီ”
  • Chinese: “包多”
  • Dutch: “Pauktaw”
  • Irish: “Pauktaw”
  • Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻပေါက်တော”
  • Portuguese: “Pauktaw”
  • Shan: “ပွၵ်ႉတေႃး၊ ဝဵင်း”
  • Shan: “ဝဵင်းပွၵ်ႉတေႃး”
  • Spanish: “Pauktaw”
  • Vietnamese: “Pauktaw”

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