Ayadaw is a town and seat of
Ayadaw Township
Ayadaw Township is a township in Monywa District in the Sagaing Division of Myanmar
Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwes ...
in the
Sagaing Division
Sagaing Region (, ; formerly Sagaing Division) is an administrative divisions of Myanmar, administrative region of Myanmar, located in the north-western part of the country between latitude 21° 30' north and longitude 94° 97' east. It is border ...
in
Myanmar
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. Due to the presence of
thanakha plantations in the area, the town is dubbed the "thanakha capital" of Myanmar.
References
Township capitals of Myanmar
Populated places in Sagaing Region
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