Thaton District
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Thaton District (Burmese : သထုံခရိုင်; Mon : ခရီုသဓီု; Karen: Doo The Htoo; Pa-O: သထွုံႏခရဲင်ႏ; is a district of the Mon State in Myanmar. The capital is Thaton town. The district covers an area of 5,157 km2, and had a population of 822,172 at the 2014 Census.[1]
Townships
[edit ]The district contains the following townships:[1]
- Thaton Township (pop. 238,106; area 1,236 km2)
- Paung Township (pop. 218,459; area 974 km2)
In 2022, the district was split up to form the new Kyaikto District. Prior to this, the district also included Kyaikto Township and Bilin Township.[2] [3]
References
[edit ]- 1 2 CityPopulation.de. "MYANMAR: Administrative Division". Archived from the original on 19 January 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- ↑ "Expansion of new districts: New districts expanded in Nay Pyi Taw, regions and states". Myanmar International Television. 2 May 2022.
- ↑ "Expansion of new districts in Nay Pyi Taw, regions and states". 2 May 2022.
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