Madaya Township
Madaya Township
မတ္တရာမြို့နယ် | |
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 Location in Aungmyethazan district | |
  Madaya Township | |
| Coordinates: 22°13′N 96°7′E / 22.217°N 96.117°E | |
| Country |  Myanmar |
| Region |  Mandalay |
| District | Aungmyethazan |
| Capital | Madaya |
| Time zone | UTC+6:30 (MMT) |
Madaya (Burmese: မတ္တရာမြို့နယ်) is a township of Aungmyethazan District in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar.[1]
Taungbyone Festival of nat (spirit) takes place in the township in August yearly. The township is also home to Myanmar's largest marble quarry in Sagyin.
History
[edit]In the 16th century, the Gwe Shans built a stockade in the village of Okpo.[2] On October 1, 1886, there was a reported small native garrison at Madaya and nearby Lamaing and the town was subject to invasion the same month.[3][4]
Villages
[edit]Madaya consists Madaya town and the following villages:
- Aingdaing
- Dingagyun
- Mayogon
- Sagyin
- Shwebaung
- Sinywagale
- Tainggaing
- Taungbyon
- Thapandaung
- Powa (North)
- Mwe Pon Kan
Taking Lyon Hein Taung
References
[edit]- ^ "မန္တလေးတိုင်းဒေသကြီးအတွင်းရှိ ခရိုင်အမည်များ တိုးချဲ့ပြင်ဆင်ဖွဲ့စည်းခြင်း".
- ^ E., Harvey G.; Harvey, G.E. (1 July 2000). History of Burma. Asian Educational Services. p. 211. ISBN 978-81-206-1365-2. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ James George Scott; Hardiman, J. P. (1901). Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan states. AMS Press. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ India. Army. Intelligence Branch; Paget, William Henry (1907). Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India: Burma. Govt. Monotype Press. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
External links
[edit]Capital: Mandalay | ||
| Kyaukse District |   | |
| Mandalay District | ||
| Meiktila District | ||
| Myingyan District | ||
| Nyaung-U District | ||
| Pyinoolwin District | ||
| Yamethin District | ||
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