Pakokku District
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Pakokku District (Burmese: ပခုက္ကူခရိုင်, pronounced [pə.kʰo̼ʊʔ.kù kʰə.jàɪɰ̃]; also Pagukku District) is a district of the Magway Division in central Burma (Myanmar).[3] It is situated in northern part of Magwe Region. The administrative centre is the city of Pakokku. Pakokku is a largest city of Magway Division. It is also the 13th largest city of Burma (Myanmar). The townships of Pakokku District are Pakokku, Yesagyo, Pauk, Seikphyu, Myaing, Htilin, Saw and Gangaw.
Quick Facts ပခုက္ကူခရိုင်, Myanma transcription(s) ...
Pakokku District
ပခုက္ကူခရိုင် | |
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Myanma transcription(s) | |
• Burmese | pa.khukku kha.ruing |
Coordinates: 21°25′N 94°45′E | |
Country | Myanmar |
Region | Central |
Capital | Pakokku |
Government | |
• Chief Minister | Aung Moe Nyo (NLD) |
• Cabinet | Magway Region Government |
• Legislature | Magway Region Hluttaw |
• Judiciary | Pakokku District High Court |
Area | |
• Total | 8,310 km2 (3,210 sq mi) |
• Rank | 4th |
Population | |
• Total | 1,055,545 |
• Rank | 7th |
• Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
Demonym | Pakokkuan |
Demographics | |
• Ethnicities | Bamar, Chin, Rakhine, Karen, Shan |
• Religions | Buddhism 98.8% Christianity 0.7% Islam 0.3% Hinduism 0.1% animism 0.1% |
Time zone | UTC+06:30 (MST) |
HDI (2017) | 0.560[2] medium · 6th |
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