Pauk
Encyclopedia
Pauk is a town
in Pauk Township
, Pakokku District
, Magway Division
, in northwest Burma (Myanmar). It is the administrative center for Pauk Township. Pauk is located on the western bank of the Kyaw River
just above its intersection with the Yaw River
.
The current town was founded in 1840. The local airport ICAO designation
is VYPK (IATA code: PAU).
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 Pauk Township
Pauk Township
Pauk Township is a township of Pakokku District in Magway Division of Burma . The principal town and administrative seat is Pauk.The township lies between 21° 10' and 21° 49' north latitude and 94° 18' and 94° 44' east longitude. It has an area of 1,490 sq.mi...
, Pakokku District
Pakokku District
Pakokku District is a district of the Magway Division in central Burma . The administrative centre is the city of Pakokku.In October 2011, 7 wards and 95 villages were flooded because of heavy rain from tropical storm 02B which made a landfall at Myanmar-Bangladesh border on 19 Nov. All 4...
, Magway Division
Magway Division
Magway Region is an administrative division in central Burma . Magway Region is the largest of Myanmar's seven divisions, with an area of .-Geography:...
, in northwest Burma (Myanmar). It is the administrative center for Pauk Township. Pauk is located on the western bank of the Kyaw River
Kyaw River
The Kyaw River is a river of upper Burma . It is a major tributary of the Yaw River which it enters just below the town of Pauk....
just above its intersection with the Yaw River
Yaw River
Yaw River or Ywa River is a river of Burma, a tributary of the Irrawaddy. It flows into the Irrawaddy on the right just above the town of Seikpyu, at ....
.
The current town was founded in 1840. The local airport ICAO designation
International Civil Aviation Organization airport code
The ICAO airport code or location indicator is a four-character alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. These codes are defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization, and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators.The ICAO codes are used by air traffic...
is VYPK (IATA code: PAU).
Further reading
- Winston, W. R. (1892) Four years in Upper Burma C.H. Kelly, London, pages 241-242, OCLC 6444125
External links
- "Pauk Map — Satellite Images of Pauk" Maplandia