Tar Taing (Burmese: တာတိုင်; also spelt Tadaing, Tataing, Tatai, Tartaing, or Tar Tine) is a village in the Shwe Hlay village tract, Sagaing Township, Sagaing Region, Myanmar. The village lies near the Irrawaddy River in the southwestern corner of the township.[1][2] Tar Taing has about 80 households and is near the border with Myinmu and Ngazun Township.[3]

Tar Taing
တာတိုင်
Tar Taing is located in Myanmar
Tar Taing
Tar Taing
Location in Myanmar (Burma)
Coordinates: 21°56′00″N 95°38′42″E / 21.933219909668°N 95.6448669433594°E / 21.933219909668; 95.6448669433594
Country Myanmar
RegionSagaing Region
DistrictSagaing District
TownshipSagaing Township
Village tractShwe Hlay village tract
Time zoneUTC+6.30 (MMT)

Between 1 and 2 March 2023, Myanmar Army allegedly carried out an massacre of civilians from the village.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "Place codes (Pcodes)". Myanmar Information Management Unit. January 2021.
  2. ^ Myanmar Information Management Unit (February 2020). Information of Sagaing Township စစ်ကိုင်းမြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ [Sagaing Township Regional Information] (PDF) (Report). MIMU. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  3. ^ ခင်ရီရီဇော် (2 March 2023). "စစ်ကိုင်းတွင် ဓားစာခံများ အစုလိုက်အပြုံလိုက် သတ်ဖြတ်ခံရ". Myanmar NOW (in Burmese). Myanmar Now. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  4. ^ "တာတိုင်ရွာ သတ်ဖြတ်မှု". BBC News မြန်မာ (in Burmese). 2023-03-03. Retrieved 2023-03-11.