Country Burma District Pyin Oo Lwin District Time zone MST (UTC+6.30) | Admin. division Mandalay Township Madaya Township Local time Friday 7:06 PM | |
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Weather 28°C, Wind W at 5 km/h, 30% Humidity | ||
Madaya is a town in the Mandalay Region of central Myanmar. It is the seat of Madaya Township. It lies along National Highway 31. Lamaing lies just to the south-east. The Madaya River in the area is connected to the Mandalay Canal, and crosses the township of Madaya diagonally for some 30 miles and joins the Irrawaddy River.
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Map of Madaya, Myanmar (Burma)
History
In the 16th century, the Gwe Shans built a stockade in the village of Okpo. 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.
References
Madaya, Myanmar Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA