Hlegu
Hlegu is the capital of Hlegu District in northern Yangon Region, Myanmar about 45 km north-east of Yangon city. It is located on both sides of the Ngamoyeik River. Hlegu is also the administrative seat of Hlegu Township and has five urban wards.Hlegu
- Type: Town with 38,800 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Categories: human settlement, town in Myanmar, and locality
- Location: Hlegu Township, North Yangon District, Yangon, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
17.09469° or 17° 5′ 41″ north
Longitude
96.21985° or 96° 13′ 12″ east
Population
38,800
Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)
Open location code
7M9R36V9+VW
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OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Swedish—“Hlegu” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “လှည်းကူးမြို့”
- Dutch: “Hlegu”
- Galician: “Hlegu”
- German: “Hlegu”
- Irish: “Hlegu”
- Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻလယ်းကူး”
- Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻလဲးကူး”
- Swedish: “Hlegu”
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