Seikphyu Township is a

township A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...

Pakokku District Pakokku District ( my, ပခုက္ကူခရိုင်, ; also Pagukku District) is a district of the Magway Division in central Burma (Myanmar). It is situated in northern part of Magwe Region. The administrative centre is the city of ...

Magway Division Magway Region ( my, မကွေးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Magway Division) is an administrative division in central Myanmar. It is the second largest of Myanmar's seven divisions, with an area of . Pa Del Dam (ပဒ ...

of Burma (Myanmar). The principal town and administrative seat is

Seikphyu Seikphyu ( my, ဆိပ်ဖြူ) is the principal town and administrative seat for Seikphyu Township in Pakokku District in the Magway Division of Myanmar, on the right (western) bank of the Irrawaddy immediately below its confluence with th ...

. The township has its southeastern border along the Irrawaddy where its principal town, Seikphyu, is a port. The township lies between 20° 51' and 21° 15' north latitude and 94° 09' and 94° 48' east longitude. The

Yaw River Yaw River or Ywa River is a river of Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at ...

forms the township's eastern boundary. It is one of the areas destroyed by Cyclone Giri on 23 October 2010.

Borders

Seikphyu Township is bordered"Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map"
Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU) by: * Pauk Township, to the north, *

Pakokku Township Pakokku Township ( my, ပခုက္ကူ မြို့နယ်) is a township of Pakokku District in Magway Division of Burma (Myanmar). The principal town and administrative seat is Pakokku. The township has its eastern and southeastern b ...

, to the northeast and east, *

Chauk Township Chauk Township ( my, ချောက် မြို့နယ်) is a township of Magway District in the Magway Division of Burma (Myanmar). The principal town and administrative seat is Chauk. Borders Chauk Township is bounded by the following ...

, to the southeast, * Salin Township, to the south, and *

Saw Township Saw Township ( my, ဆောမြို့နယ်, ) is a township of Pakokku District in the Magway Region of Burma (Myanmar). The principal town and administrative seat is Saw A saw is a tool consisting of a tough blade, wire, or chain ...

, to the west.

Economy

Agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

is the major economy of the township. Onion from Seikphyu Township is famous in onion market of Myanmar. Onion is grown along the sandbank of

from December to April.

Secret projects

The State Peace and Development Council is constructing 2 secret nuclear suspected military projects on the northern side of Seikphyu Township along with other secret projects in Mindon, Padan,

Pwintbyu Pwintbyu ( my, ပွင့်ဖြူမြို့) is the principal town of Pwintbyu Township in Minbu District in Magway Region of Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions re ...

, Sidoktaya, Salin,

Pakkoku Pakokku ( my, ပခုက္ကူမြို့, ) is the largest city in the Magway Region of Myanmar. It is situated about 30 km north-east of Bagan on the Irrawaddy River. It is the administration seat of Pakokku Township , Pakokku District ...

, Laung Shay (in Saw Township) and

Saw A saw is a tool consisting of a tough blade, wire, or chain with a hard toothed edge. It is used to cut through material, very often wood, though sometimes metal or stone. The cut is made by placing the toothed edge against the material and mo ...

Townships.The Irrawaddy, Junta Constructing Tunnel in Magway
/ref> Actually, the sites in Seikphyu Township are 2 factories for the production of military weapons and are not the nuclear projects.

Notes

External links

Admin map, 2011, Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)

"Seikpyu Google Satellite Map"
map of administrative area with listing of principal settlements, from Maplandia World Gazetteer
"Seik Phyu Township - Magway Division"
map, 8 June 2010, Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU) {{Magway Division Townships of Magway Region