Seikphyu Township
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Seikphyu Township
|settlement_type = Township
|image_skyline =
|image_map = SeikPhyu tsp in Pakokku district.svg
|map_caption = Location in Pakokku district
|pushpin_map=Burma
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{flag|Burma}}
|subdivision_type1 = Division
|subdivision_name1 = Magway Division
|subdivision_type2 = District
|subdivision_name2 = Pakokku
|subdivision_type3 = Capital
|subdivision_name3 = Seikphyu
|unit_pref = metric
|area_total_km2 =
|population = 132,254
|population_footnotes = [http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/map_356.pdf "Cyclone GIRI - "Who is Assessing Where""] Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU), 10 October 2010
|population_as_of = October 2010
|population_density_km2 = auto
|coordinates = {{coord|21|4|N|94|31|E|region:MM-03|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_ft = 300
|elevation_m =
|timezone = MST
|utc_offset = +6:30
|website =
}}
Seikphyu Township {{cite web |url=http://www.themimu.info/docs/MIMU539v07_12_Dec_12_Myanmar%20Country%20Map_Admin%20boundaries_6ft-3ft.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-03-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816001146/http://www.themimu.info/download.php?file=docs%2FMIMU539v07_12_Dec_12_Myanmar%20Country%20Map_Admin%20boundaries_6ft-3ft.pdf |archivedate=2013-08-16 }} is a township of Pakokku District in Magway Division of Burma (Myanmar). The principal town and administrative seat is Seikphyu. The township has its southeastern border along the Irrawaddy where its principal town, Seikphyu, is a port.
The township lies between 20° 51' and 21° 15' north latitude and 94° 09' and 94° 48' east longitude. The Yaw River forms the township's eastern boundary.[http://www.themimu.info/MapsInfo/Magway/MIMU154v01_100608_Seikphyu%20Ts%20-Magway%20Div_A1.pdf "Seik Phyu Township - Magway Division"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101117090547/http://www.themimu.info/MapsInfo/Magway/MIMU154v01_100608_Seikphyu%20Ts%20-Magway%20Div_A1.pdf |date=2010-11-17 }} map from Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU) It is one of the areas destroyed by Cyclone Giri on 23 October 2010.[http://reliefweb.int/node/372737 Reliefweb Updates, Myanmar: Flash floods Hit Pakokku][http://www.mm.undp.org/nrslandslide/MIMU567v01_101023_Cyclone%20GIRI_A3.pdf Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU), UNDP, Map of Cyclone Giri] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622011455/http://www.mm.undp.org//nrslandslide/MIMU567v01_101023_Cyclone%20GIRI_A3.pdf |date=2011-06-22 }}[http://www.ifrc.org/docs/appeals/10/MDRMM00301.pdf DREF Operation Update, Myanmar Cyclone Giri]
Borders
Seikphyu Township is bordered[http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs6/MIMU001_A3_SD%20&%20Township%20Overview.pdf "Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map"] Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU) by:
- Pauk Township, to the north,
- Pakokku Township, to the northeast and east,
- Chauk Township, to the southeast,
- Salin Township, to the south, and
- Saw Township, to the west.
Economy
Secret projects
The State Peace and Development Council is constructing 2 secret nuclear suspected military projects on the northern side of Seikphyu Township along with other secret projects in Mindon, Padan, Pwintbyu, Sidoktaya, Salin, Pakkoku, Laung Shay (in Saw Township) and Saw Townships.[http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=18626 The Irrawaddy, Junta Constructing Tunnel in Magway] Actually, the sites in Seikphyu Township are 2 factories for the production of military weapons and are not the nuclear projects.
Notes
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130816001146/http://www.themimu.info/download.php?file=docs%2FMIMU539v07_12_Dec_12_Myanmar%20Country%20Map_Admin%20boundaries_6ft-3ft.pdf Admin map, 2011, Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)]
- [http://www.maplandia.com/burma/magwe/seikpyu/ "Seikpyu Google Satellite Map"] map of administrative area with listing of principal settlements, from Maplandia World Gazetteer
- [http://www.themimu.info/docs/MIMU154v01_100608_Seikphyu%20Ts%20-Magway%20Div_A1.pdf "Seik Phyu Township - Magway Division"]{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} map, 8 June 2010, Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
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