Kyungon, Wakema

Kyungon
village
Kyungon
Location in Burma
Coordinates: 16°42′06″N 95°09′41″E / 16.70167°N 95.16139°E / 16.70167; 95.16139Coordinates: 16°42′06″N 95°09′41″E / 16.70167°N 95.16139°E / 16.70167; 95.16139
Country  Burma (Myanmar)
Region Ayeyarwady Region
District Myaungmya
Township Wakema
Time zone UTC+6.30 (MST)

Kyungon[1] is a village in Wakema Township, Myaungmya District, in the Ayeyarwady Region of northcentral Myanmar. Kyungon is on the left (south) bank of the Pyamalaw River across from the village of Kwinbauk.[2]

In 2009 a bridge over the Pyamalaw River at Kyungon was completed.[3] The bridge is a 500-foot suspension bridge, 14 feet wide, suitable for one-way traffic.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Kyungon (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. ↑ Burma 1:250,000 topographic map, Series U542, NE46-16 Bassein, U.S. Army Map Service, September 1959
  3. ↑ "Kyungon Bridge opened in Wakema Township" MRTV3
  4. ↑ "Priority given to development of the roads after Roads Year was designated" Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine. The New Light of Myanmar 23 April 2006


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