Bogale Township
| Bogale Township ဘိုကလေးမြို့နယ် Bogalay Township | |
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| Township | |
  Bogale Township Location in Burma | |
| Coordinates: 16°05′N 95°24′E / 16.083°N 95.400°ECoordinates: 16°05′N 95°24′E / 16.083°N 95.400°E | |
| Country |
 Burma |
| Region | Ayeyarwady Region |
| District | Pyapon District |
| Administrative seat | Bogale |
| Population (December 2008)[1] | 349,427 |
| Time zone | MST (UTC+6:30) |
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, there were 71 village tracts comprising 589 villages in Bogale Township.[1] Additional boundary adjustments were made on 5 August 2009.[1]
Notes
External links
- "Bogale Township, Ayeyarwady Division" map ID: MIMU154v02, created: 1 July 2010, Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
- "Bogale Google Satellite Map" Maplandia World Gazetteer
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