Legyi | |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Label Position1: | right |
Pushpin Map: | Burma Sagaing |
Pushpin Map1: | Burma |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Sagaing area and in relation to the Irrawaddy River. |
Pushpin Map Caption1: | Location in Burma |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Sagaing Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Sagaing District |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Myinmu Township |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | 21.9694°N 95.7147°W |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | +6.30 |
Legyi is a large village in Myinmu Township in the southeast of the Sagaing Division in Burma. It is located southeast of Paukka and not far from the banks of the Irrawaddy River which the villagers rely on for their paddy fields which lie to the west of the village.
The village was occupied by the 2nd Infantry Regiment of the British Indian Army during World War II,[1]