Salingyi Township

Salingyi Township is a township in Yinmabin District in the Sagaing Division of . The principal town is . Over 7,800 acres of farmland have been confiscated in the township to establish a copper mine in Letpadaung, which will be jointly owned by the Union of Myanmar Economic Holdings and the Chinese-owned Wenbao Copper Company, a subsidiary of Norinco.
  • Locality with about 136,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 440 feet (140 metres)
  • Description: township in Sagaing Region, Myanmar

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Salingyi.
Town
is a town in Township, Monywa District, in .
3 miles east of Salingyi Township
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Latitude
21.9651° or 21° 57′ 54″ north
Longitude
95.0306° or 95° 1′ 50″ east
Open location code
7MHQX28J+26
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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Swedish—“Salingyi Township” goes by many names.
ဆားလင်းကြီးBurmese
ဆားလင်းကြီးမြို့နယ်Burmese
サリンジー郡区Japanese
ၸႄႈဝဵင်းသႃးလိၼ်းၵျီးShan
သႃးလိၼ်းၵျီးShan
SalingyiSwedish

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