Yazagyo Explained
| Yazagyo |
| Other Name: | Yazagya, Yazago,[1] Yarzagyo |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| 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: | Kale District |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Kale Township |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | +6.30 |
| Coordinates: | 23.5025°N 94.0864°W |
Yazagyo[2] (also Yazagya[3] and Yarzagyo[4]) is the northernmost village in Kale Township, Kale District, of western Burma (Myanmar).
The Yazagyo Airfield, where the US 965th and 966th Airborne Air Control Squadrons were stationed during World War II, is located 3km (02miles) north of the town.
External links
- "Yazagyo Map — Satellite Images of Yazagyo" Maplandia World Gazetteer. Note, Maplandia incorrectly places Yazagyo in Chin State, but see "Map of Sagaing Division (Lower), Myanmar" Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU), map ID: MIMU270v01, creation date: 5 Aug 2010 and Burma 1:250,000 topographic map, Series U542, NF 46-03, Mawlaik U.S. Army Map Service, March 1960
Notes and References
- "Yazago (Variant)" United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- "Yazagyo (Approved)" United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/burma/txu-oclc-6924198-nf46-3.jpg Burma 1:250,000 topographic map, Series U542, NF 46-03, Mawlaik
- http://www.themimu.info/MapsInfo/Sagaing/MIMU270v01_100805_Sagaing%20Division%20(Lower)%20Topo_A0+.pdf "Sagaing Division (Lower), Myanmar"
