Pakokku District

Pakokku District
ပခုက္ကူခရိုင်
Myanma transcription(s)
 • Burmesepa.khukku kha.ruing
location in Magway region
location in Magway region
Pakokku District is located in Myanmar
Pakokku District
Pakokku District
Location in Myanmar
Coordinates: 21°25′N 94°45′E / 21.417°N 94.750°E / 21.417; 94.750
Country Myanmar
RegionCentral
CapitalPakokku
Government
 • Chief MinisterAung Moe Nyo (NLD)
 • CabinetMagway Region Government
 • LegislatureMagway Region Hluttaw
 • JudiciaryPakokku District High Court
Area
 • Total8,310 km2 (3,210 sq mi)
 • Rank4th
Population
 • Total1,055,545
 • Rank7th
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
DemonymPakokkuan
Demographics
 • EthnicitiesBamar, Chin, Rakhine, Karen, Shan
 • ReligionsBuddhism 98.8%
Christianity 0.7%
Islam 0.3%
Hinduism 0.1%
animism 0.1%
Time zoneUTC+06:30 (MST)
HDI (2017)0.560[2]
medium · 6th

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.

  1. ^ Census Report. The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census. Vol. 2. Naypyitaw: Ministry of Immigration and Population. May 2015. p. 17.
  2. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Burma: Second-Order Administrative Divisions (Districts)" The Permanent Committee of Geographic Names (PCGN), United Kingdom, from Internet Archive of 25 September 2007