Bogale Township

Township in Ayeyarwady Region, Burma

Bogale Township ဘိုကလေးမြို့နယ် Bogalay Township
Township
Location in Pyapon district
16°05′N 95°24′E / 16.083°N 95.400°E / 16.083; 95.400
Country	Burma
Region	Ayeyarwady Region
District	Pyapon District
Administrative seat	Bogale
Population (December 2008)^[1]	349,427
Time zone	UTC+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]

Communities

On 8 August 2008, two village tracts (Kadonkani and Ayeyar) from Pyapon Township were moved into Bogale Township.^[1] As of March 2009^[update], there were 71 village tracts comprising 589 villages in Bogale Township.^[1] Additional boundary adjustments were made on 5 August 2009.^[1]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Bogale Township Profile"^{[permanent dead link]} Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU) March 2009

External links

"Bogale Township, Ayeyarwady Division"^{[permanent dead link]} map ID: MIMU154v02, created: 1 July 2010, Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
"Bogale Google Satellite Map" Maplandia World Gazetteer

Ayeyarwady Region

Capital: Pathein

Hinthada District