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Discover Medawgon in Myanmar

Medawgon in the region of Sagain is a place located in Myanmar - some 191 mi or ( 308 km ) North of Nay Pyi Taw , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Medawgon

Local time in Medawgon is now 09:30 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Rangoon " with a UTC offset of 6.5 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Mae Hong Son, Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, Aizawl, and Zhangfeng. When in this area, you might want to check out Mae Hong Son . We discovered some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Medawgon ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Shwebo earthquake in Central Myanmar

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www.rarolens.com - A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck the Shwebo region of Central Myanmar on 11 November 2012. A bridge underconstruction near the village of Nwe Nyein collapsed and buildings in the v ..

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Interesting facts about this location

Shwebo

Shwebo is a city in Sagaing Region, Myanmar, located 113 km northwest of Mandalay between the Irrawaddy and the Mu rivers. The city was the national capital from 1752 to 1760 during the Konbaung period. According to the saying "Oakallawmyi Kongbaung tee",Shwebo was built on 6th Waning of First Waso, 1115 ME (ျမန္မာသကၠရာဇ္ ၁၁၁၅ ခုႏွစ္၊ ပထမ ၀ါဆိုလျပည့္ေက်ာ္ ၆ ရက္၊ ၾကာသပေတးေန႔)by the king Alaungpayar U Aung Zeya.

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Located at 22.57 95.70 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: Populated places in Sagaing Region, Shwebo District, Township capitals of Burma

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