Okpho Township
Okpho Township or Okpo Township is a township in Tharrawaddy District in the Bago Region of Myanmar. The principal town is Okpho. On 25 March 2013, Muslim house and mosques were attacked by Buddhist mobs in the township following similar violence in other parts of Burma.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 124,000 residents
- Description: township in Bago Region, Burma
- Also known as: “Okpho”, “Okpho township”, and “Okpo”
Okpho Township
- Category: township of Myanmar
- Location: Tharrawaddy District, Bago Region, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Shan—“Okpho Township” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “အုတ်ဖို”
- Burmese: “အုတ်ဖိုမြို့နယ်”
- Chinese: “奥波镇区”
- Chinese: “奧波鎮區”
- Japanese: “オクフォ”
- Japanese: “オッポー郡区”
- Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻနယ်ႏအုတ်ဖို”
- Shan: “ၸႄႈဝဵင်းဢူၵ်ႉၽူဝ်ႇ”
- Shan: “ဢူၵ်ႉၽူဝ်ႇ၊ ၸႄႈဝဵင်း”
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