Nyaungdon Township

Nyaungdon Township
ညောင်တုန်းမြို့နယ်
Ayeyarwady Bridge in Nyaundon Township
Ayeyarwady Bridge in Nyaundon Township
Location in Maubin district
Location in Maubin district
Coordinates: 17°02′15″N 95°38′20″E / 17.0375°N 95.6389°E / 17.0375; 95.6389
Country Myanmar
RegionAyeyawady Region
DistrictMa-ubin District
CapitalNyaungdon
Area
 • Total348.23 sq mi (901.9 km2)
Elevation
20 ft (6 m)
Population
 (2019)[1]
199,227
 • Ethnicities
 • Religions
Buddhism
Time zoneUTC+6:30 (MMT)

Nyaungdon Township (Burmese: ညောင်တုန်းမြို့နယ် [ɲàʊɰ̃dóʊɰ̃ mjo̰nɛ̀]), also spelt Nyaung Tone Township and formerly Yandoon,[2] is a township of Maubin District in the eastern Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar.

Nyaungdon Township is bordered to the west by the rest of Maubin District and to its east by Yangon Region, bordering Taikkyi, Htantabin and Twante townships. To its north, it borders Danubyu Township, to its west by Pantanaw Township and to its south by Maubin Township. The township consists of 1 town divided into 10 wards and 308 villages grouped into 44 village tracts.[1]

  1. ^ a b Myanmar Information Management Unit (September 2019). Nyaungdon Myone Daethasaingyarachatlatmya ညောင်တုန်းမြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ [Nyaungdon Township Regional Information] (PDF) (Report). MIMU. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
  2. ^ "Thún-Khwa", Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. XXIII (9th ed.), 1882.