Country Burma District Pyapon District Time zone MST (UTC+6:30) | Region Ayeyarwady Region Administrative seat Bogale Population 349,427 (Dec 2008) | |
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Bogale Township (Burmese: ဘိုကလေးမြို့နယ် [bòɡəlé mjo̰nɛ̀]) is a township of Pyapon District in the Ayeyarwady Region of Burma (Myanmar).
In May 2008, the town of Bogale suffered heavily from Cyclone Nargis; 36,325 people were listed as dead or missing.
Communities
On 8 August 2008, two village tracts (Kadonkani and Ayeyar) from Pyapon Township were moved into Bogale Township. As of March 2009, there were 71 village tracts comprising 589 villages in Bogale Township. Additional boundary adjustments were made on 5 August 2009.
References
Bogale Township Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA