Minhla, Bago

Minhla
မင္းလွ
Town
Minhla

Location in Myanmar

Coordinates: 17°58′40″N 95°42′25″E / 17.97778°N 95.70694°E / 17.97778; 95.70694Coordinates: 17°58′40″N 95°42′25″E / 17.97778°N 95.70694°E / 17.97778; 95.70694
Country  Myanmar
Region Bago Region
District Tharrawaddy District
Township Minhla Township
Time zone MST (UTC+6.30)

Minhla is a town and seat of Minhla Township, Tharrawaddy District, in the Bago Region of southern-central Myanmar. It lies approximately 20 kilometres south of Okpho off National Highway 2.[1][2] It is located roughly 155 kilometres north of Yangon. Its population in 1908 was 2553.[3] Minhla was occupied during the Third Anglo-Burmese War.

References

  1. ↑ Google Maps (Map). Google.
  2. ↑ Bing Maps (Map). Microsoft and Harris Corporation Earthstar Geographics LLC.
  3. ↑ Sir William Stevenson Meyer (1908). Imperial gazetteer of India ... Clarendon Press, Great Britain. India Office. p. 359.


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