Labutta Explained

Settlement Type:Town
Official Name:Labutta
Other Name:Latputta
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map:Burma
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Burma
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Labutta (Latputta)
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Labutta (Latputta)
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Code:42
Footnotes:[1]
Population:46170
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population As Of:2010
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2:Buddhism
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Population Density Km2:auto
Coordinates:16.1467°N 94.7611°W
Timezone:MST
Utc Offset:+6.30

Labutta or Latputta (Burmese: လပွတ္တာမြို့ in Burmese pronounced as /la̰pʊʔtàmjo̰/) is a town in the Ayeyarwady Region of south-west Myanmar. It is the administrative seat of Labutta Township and the Labutta District, Ayeyarwady Region. Labutta lies on the bank of the Yway River.

Labutta has Old Township of Labutta and New Township of Labutta called 3 mile. The township has a population of 315,218 (2017).

In 2008 Labutta was heavily damaged by Cyclone Nargis.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Telephone Area Codes . Myanmar Yellow Pages . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101120153152/http://www.myanmar-yellowpages.com/information/page_14.htm . 2010-11-20 .
  2. Web site: "Myanmar: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population:calculation 2010" . https://archive.today/20120919023126/http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=1288300191&men=gcis&lng=en&des=gamelan&geo=-141&srt=epnn&col=abcdefghimoq&msz=1500 . 2012-09-19 . dead . World Gazetteer
  3. http://www.mizzima.tv/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=336:drinking-water-shortage-in-cylone-nargis-hit-latputa&catid=35:front-page "Drinking water shortage in cylone Nargis hit Latputa"