Mepok | |
Other Name: | Mei Poke |
Settlement Type: | Village tract |
Pushpin Map: | Burma |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Burma |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Sagaing Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Hkamti District |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Hkamti Township |
Population As Of: | 2014 |
Population Total: | 255 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | +6.30 |
Coordinates: | 25.865°N 95.5708°W |
Elevation M: | 188 |
Mepok or Mei Poke is a village and village tract in Hkamti Township in Hkamti District in the Sagaing Region of northwestern Burma. At the time of the 2014 census the village tract had a population of 255 people.
In the early 20th century the British established a small rubber plantation with hevea trees at Mepok. It didn't prove to be successful.[1]
Mepok is situated in Hkamti Township in the Sagaing Region of northwestern Burma, along the Chindwin River at an elevation of .[2] It is just to the south of Heinsun, about south of Hkamti town. The village tract borders Heinsun to the north, Lin Hpar to the southeast and Saung Lin to the northwest. The village of Laung Tauk lies within the village tract of Mepok further in land from the Chindwin, towards the village of Sein Lae in Saung Lin.
At the time of the 2014 census the village tract had a population of 255 people of which 140 were men and 115 were women. 55 households were recorded.