Pekon Township

Pekon Township is a township of Kalaw District in the of . The principal town is Pekon. The largest settlement in the township is Mobye, a village tract in the east of the township.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Locality with 94,200 residents
  • Description: township of Taunggyi District in the Shan State of Myanmar
  • Also known as: “Mobye”, “Mobye, Pekon Township”, “Pekon township”, “ဖယ်ခုံ”, and “佩孔”

Pekon Township

Latitude
19.6808° or 19° 40′ 51″ north
Longitude
96.8699° or 96° 52′ 12″ east
Population
94,200
Elevation
4,938 feet (1,505 metres)
Open location code
7MFRMVJ9+8X
Geo­Names ID
11154242
Wiki­data ID
Q7161117
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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Swedish—“Pekon Township” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “ဖယ်ခုံမြို့နယ်”
  • Chinese: “贝贡镇区”
  • French: “Pekon”
  • Italian: “Pekon”
  • Japanese: “ペコン郡区”
  • Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻနယ်ႏဖုဲင်ခွန်ႏ”
  • Portuguese: “Pekon (município)”
  • Portuguese: “Pekon”
  • Shan: “ၸႄႈဝဵင်းၽၢႆၶုၼ်ႇ”
  • Shan: “ၽၢႆၶုၼ်ႇ၊ ၸႄႈဝဵင်း”
  • Swedish: “Pekon”

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