Madaya Township

Township in Mandalay, Myanmar From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Madaya (Burmese: မတ္တရာမြို့နယ်) is a township of Aungmyethazan District in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar.[1]

Country Myanmar
Time zoneUTC+6:30 (MMT)
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Madaya Township
မတ္တရာမြို့နယ်
Township
Location in Aungmyethazan district
Location in Aungmyethazan district
Madaya Township is located in Myanmar
Madaya Township
Madaya Township
Coordinates: 22°13′N 96°7′E
Country Myanmar
Region Mandalay
DistrictAungmyethazan
CapitalMadaya
Time zoneUTC+6:30 (MMT)
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Taungbyone Festival of nat (spirit) takes place in the township in August yearly. The township is also home to Myanmar's largest marble quarry in Sagyin.

History

In the 16th century, the Gwe Shans built a stockade in the village of Okpo.[2] On October 1, 1886, there was a reported small native garrison at Madaya and nearby Lamaing and the town was subject to invasion the same month.[3][4]

Villages

Madaya consists Madaya town and the following villages:

Taking Lyon Hein Taung

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