Minhla | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Myanmar |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Myanmar |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Myanmar |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Tharrawaddy District |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Minhla Township |
Population As Of: | 122,491 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | +6.30 |
Coordinates: | 17.9778°N 95.7069°W |
Minhla is a town and seat of Minhla Township, Tharrawaddy District, in the Bago Region of southern-central Myanmar. It lies approximately 20 kilometres south of Okpho off National Highway 2.[1] [2] It is located roughly 155 kilometres north of Yangon. Its population in 1908 was 2553.[3] Minhla was occupied during the Third Anglo-Burmese War.