Wakema Township

Wakema Township is a township of in central , Myanmar. The first Prime Minister of Burma, U Nu was born in the principal town, .
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  • Type: Locality with 302,000 residents
  • Description: township in Ayeyarwady Region, Burma
  • Also known as: Wakema” and “Wakema township

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wakema.

Town
is a town in the Ayeyarwady Division of south-west . It is the seat of the Township in the . It is home to the Government Technological Institute, . is situated 3½ miles west of Wakema Township.

Wakema Township

Latitude
16.5921° or 16° 35′ 32″ north
Longitude
95.2328° or 95° 13′ 58″ east
Population
302,000
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
Open location code
7M8QH6RM+R4
Geo­Names ID
11154194
Wiki­data ID
Q7961118
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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Shan—“Wakema Township” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: ဝါးခယ်မ
  • Burmese: ဝါးခယ်မမြို့နယ်
  • Japanese: ワーケーマ郡区
  • Pa'o Karen: ဝေင်ꩻနယ်ႏဝွါးခယ်မ
  • Shan: ၸႄႈဝဵင်းဝႃးၶႄႇမ
  • Shan: ဝႃးၶႄႇမ၊ ၸႄႈဝဵင်း

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