Pauk (Burmese: ပေါက်) is a town in Pauk Township, Pakokku District, Magway Region, in north-west 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.
Pauk
ပေါက် | |
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Town | |
  Pauk Location in Burma | |
| Coordinates: 21°27′N 94°28′E / 21.450°N 94.467°E | |
| Country |  Myanmar |
| Region |  Magway Region |
| District | Pakokku District |
| Township | Pauk Township |
| Time zone | UTC+6.30 (MST) |
The current town was founded in 1840.[1] The local airport ICAO designation is VYPK (IATA code: PAU).[2]
Notes edit
- ^ Scott, James George and Hardiman, John Percy (1901) Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan States Volume 2, Issue 2, page 760
- ^ "VYPK - Airport" Great Circle Mapper
Further reading edit
- Winston, W. R. (1892) Four years in Upper Burma C.H. Kelly, London, pages 241-242, OCLC 6444125
External links edit
- "Pauk
- Map — Satellite Im
- ages of Pauk" Maplandia
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