Sinbaungwe Township

Sinbaungwe Township ဆင်ပေါင်ဝဲမြို့နယ် Sinbaungwé Township, Tantabin Township
Township
Location (red) in Aunglan district
Coordinates: 19°33′N 95°23′E / 19.550°N 95.383°E / 19.550; 95.383
Country	Myanmar
Region	Magway Region
District	Aunglan District
Capital	Sinbaungwe (Tantabin)
Time zone	UTC+6.30 (MMT)

Sinbaungwe Township (Burmese: ဆင်ပေါင်ဝဲမြို့နယ်) or Tantabin Townshipis a township of Aunglan District in southeastern Magway Region of Myanmar. It is located to the west of the Pegu Range in the foothills and on the plain of the Irrawaddy. Most of the township is east of the Irrawaddy, but about 20% of the township lies on the right (west) bank. The major town and administrative center is Sinbaungwe (also called Tantabin).

Sinbaungwe Township was formerly called Myedé Kyan (remnant of Myedé) as it had been part of Myedé Township (now Aunglan Township) before that was divided.^[1] In 2008, a local student named Htoo Zaw Naing became the first student in the township's history to garner 5 distinctions on the National Matriculation Examination.^[2]

Sinbaungwe Township is bordered^[3] by the following townships:

• Magway to the north,
• Taungdwingyi to the north and northeast,
• Lewe of Mandalay Region to the east
• Aunglan (Myayde) to the south,
• Thayet to the southwest, and
• Minhla to the west and northwest.

Among the many villages and wards (village census tracts) in Sinbaungwe Township are Baingyagon, Bwetsan, Chaungkauk, Egayit, Ingya, Inyon, Konbo, Kyauk-o, Kyigon, Thazi, Wundet, Yebok and Zaunggyandaung.

Rice growing is the main economic activity in the township.

• "Sinbaungwe (Tantabin) Google Satellite Map" Maplandia

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