Bogale Township

Bogale Township
ဘိုကလေးမြို့နယ်
Bogalay Township
Location in Pyapon district
Location in Pyapon district
Bogale Township is located in Myanmar
Bogale Township
Bogale Township
Location in Burma
Coordinates: 16°05′N 95°24′E / 16.083°N 95.400°E / 16.083; 95.400
Country Burma
RegionAyeyarwady Region
DistrictPyapon District
Administrative seatBogale
Population
 (December 2008)[1]
349,427
Time zoneUTC+6:30 (MST)

Bogale Township (Burmese: ဘိုကလေးမြို့နယ် [bòɡəlé mjo̰nɛ̀]) is a township of Pyapon District in the Ayeyarwady Region of Burma (Myanmar).

In May 2008, the town of Bogale suffered heavily from Cyclone Nargis; 36,325 people were listed as dead or missing.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Bogale Township Profile"[permanent dead link] Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU) March 2009