Nawnghkio
Encyclopedia
Nawnghkio, variously spelt Naunghkio, Naungcho or Nawngcho, is a town
in northern Shan State
, Burma. It is connected to Mandalay
, Pyin U Lwin
, Kyaukme
, Hsipaw
and Lashio
by road and rail and by road to Taunggyi
via National Road 43
. Asia World Company, led by Tun Myint Naing, won the contract to rebuild part of the road in 2002. Originally on the Mandalay-Lashio Road, after Pyin U Lwin and before Kyaukme, Nawnghkio is on what is now the Mandalay
-Muse
Road, part of the Asian Highway Route 14 (AH14).
Approximately 2900 acres (11.7 km²) of land in the area were reclaimed and allotted to coffee
growers in 1999-2000.
Women of reproductive age (15-49) in Kyaukme and Nawnghkio have been targeted for improvement in reproductive health
in the community in collaboration with Japan
. A study mission was started in June 2004, with the project continuing for the period January 2005- December 2009.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
in northern Shan State
Shan State
Shan State is a state of Burma . Shan State borders China to the north, Laos to the east, and Thailand to the south, and five administrative divisions of Burma in the west. Largest of the 14 administrative divisions by land area, Shan State covers 155,800 km², almost a quarter of the total...
, Burma. It is connected to Mandalay
Mandalay
Mandalay is the second-largest city and the last royal capital of Burma. Located north of Yangon on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, the city has a population of one million, and is the capital of Mandalay Region ....
, Pyin U Lwin
Pyin U Lwin
Pyin U Lwin or Pyin Oo Lwin , formerly Maymyo , is a scenic hill town in Mandalay Division, Myanmar, located in the Shan Highland, some east of Mandalay, and at an altitude of 1070 meters .-History:...
, Kyaukme
Kyaukme (Shan State)
Kyaukme is a town in northern Shan State of Burma. It is situated on the Mandalay - Lashio road, after Pyin U Lwin and Nawnghkio, and before Hsipaw, on what is now the Mandalay - Muse road, part of the Asian Highway route 14 . It is also connected to Momeik in the Shweli River valley and Mogok...
, Hsipaw
Hsipaw
Hsipaw , is a town in Shan State, Myanmar on the riverbank of Myitnge River. It is 200 km northeast of Mandalay.-Shan Saopha:Hsipaw is perhaps one of the most well known and powerful saopha states of Shan State...
and Lashio
Lashio
Lashio is the largest town in northern Shan State, Myanmar, about northeast of Mandalay. It is situated on a low mountain spur overlooking the valley of the Nam Yao river. The population grew from around 5000 in 1960 to 88,590 in 1983. It is currently estimated at around 130,000.Lashio is the...
by road and rail and by road to Taunggyi
Taunggyi
-Transportation:The main access to Taunggyi is by road. A railway line that passes through Taunggyi was recently built in 1995, but at the moment it offers no passenger service. Regular railway passenger service to the rest of the country is through the town of Shwenyaung, twelve miles to the...
via National Road 43
National Road 43 (Burma)
National Road 43 or State Highway 43 is a highway of eastern Burma, passing through Shan State. It connects the National Highway 3 at Nawnghkio at with National Highway 4 at Sakangyi at in the south, several miles west of the city of Taunggyi....
. Asia World Company, led by Tun Myint Naing, won the contract to rebuild part of the road in 2002. Originally on the Mandalay-Lashio Road, after Pyin U Lwin and before Kyaukme, Nawnghkio is on what is now the Mandalay
Mandalay
Mandalay is the second-largest city and the last royal capital of Burma. Located north of Yangon on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, the city has a population of one million, and is the capital of Mandalay Region ....
-Muse
Muse (Shan State)
Muse is the principal town of Muse Township also spell as Mu Se Township in northern Shan State, Myanmar. It is situated on the Shweli River, and is connected by a bridge and road to Ruili in Yunnan Province, China....
Road, part of the Asian Highway Route 14 (AH14).
Approximately 2900 acres (11.7 km²) of land in the area were reclaimed and allotted to coffee
Coffea arabica
Coffea arabica is a species of Coffea originally indigenous to the mountains of Yemen in the Arabian Peninsula, hence its name, and also from the southwestern highlands of Ethiopia and southeastern Sudan. It is also known as the "coffee shrub of Arabia", "mountain coffee" or "arabica coffee"...
growers in 1999-2000.
Women of reproductive age (15-49) in Kyaukme and Nawnghkio have been targeted for improvement in reproductive health
Reproductive health
Within the framework of the World Health Organization's definition of health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, reproductive health, or sexual health/hygiene, addresses the reproductive processes, functions and system...
in the community in collaboration with Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. A study mission was started in June 2004, with the project continuing for the period January 2005- December 2009.
External links
- Satellite map GeoNamesGeoNamesGeoNames is a geographical database available and accessible through various Web services, under a Creative Commons attribution license.- Database and web services :...
- Shan State map: 11=Nong cho Asterism