Taungdwingyi Township

Taungdwingyi Township တောင်တွင်းကြီး မြို့နယ်
Township
Country	Burma
Division	Magway Division
District	Magway District
Town	Taungdwingyi
Area
• Total	194 sq mi (503 km2)
Population	250,000
Time zone	UTC+6:30 (MST)

Taungdwingyi Township(Template:Lang-my) is a township of Magway District in the Magway Division of Myanmar. The principal town is Taungdwingyi. People inhabited in this area since thousands of years ago and one of the earliest civilization of Myanmar, Beikthano Ancient Pyu City, is located near the town. Territorial area is plane and rice, bean, grains, sugarcane and other plants were grown.

Border

Taungdwingyi Township is bordered by the following townships:

• Myothit Township to the North
• Sinbaungwe Township to the South
• Lewe Township of Mandalay Region to the East
• Tatkon Township of Mandalay Region to the East
• Magway Township to the West

Economic

Economic of this area is based on agriculture and trading agricultural products. The chief crops raised are rice, beans, peas, grains and sugarcane. Once several years ago, this area has deep teak forest and timber industry was highly developed and now you will see that all teak trees were magically disappeared.

Transportation

Major town is connected to large Divisional city Magway(68 km/42 miles) to the west, Pyay(162 km/101 miles ) to the South and Naypyidaw(68 km/42 miles) to the East, by means of territorial road and railways. By the territorial road, it is 227 km to Mandalay and 365 km to Yangon. The closest major airport to Taungdwingyi, Myanmar is Magwe Airport (MWQ). Between the local villages and town, they are mostly connected by dirt roads and backroads.

Weather

April is warmest with an average temperature of 39 °C at noon. January is coldest with an average temperature of 14 °C at night. Temperatures drop sharply at night. January is on average the month with most sunshine. The wet season has a rainfall peak around August, the dry season is around the month of March.

Nature

The area has a humid (> 0.65 p/pet) climate. The land area is totally cultivated, not much natural vegetation is left. The landscape is mostly covered with mosaic croplands/vegetation. The climate is classified as a tropical monsoon (short dry season, monsoon rains other months), with a subtropical dry forest biozone . The soil in the area is high in nitosols, andosols (nt), soil with deep, clay-enriched lower horizon with shiny ped surfaces.