Hmawbi Township

Hmawbi Township is a township in the Yangon Region of Myanmar (Burma). It is located northwest of the city of Yangon. The principal town and administrative seat is Hmawbi. The Hmawbi airport is at Indan (Inntan), 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) northeast of the town of Hmawbi.[1]

Hmawbi
Township
Hmawbi Township
Hmawbi Distrist
Hmawbi Distrist
Hmawbi is located in Myanmar
Hmawbi
Hmawbi
Coordinates: 17.10104°N 96.04037°E / 17.10104; 96.04037
district Yangon
RegionYangon Region
Area
 • Total4 km2 (2 sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+06:30
Area codeMM-06

Technological University exists near Hmawbi Township.Aung Zabu Monastery is 8.3 kilometers away from Hmawbi City.

Hmawbi Township is home to the Myaung Dagar Industrial Zone, which is a 1,016 acres (4.11 km2) zone constructed in 2006-2008 and is intended to house all of Yangon's steel factories.[2] Operating licenses for steel smelters that do not relocate to the Industrial Zone are not renewed.[3]

Borders

The Hlaing River forms the western border of Hmawbi Township, which borders on:

Climate
Climate data for Hmawbi (1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 32.5
(90.5)		 35.0
(95.0)		 37.0
(98.6)		 38.1
(100.6)		 34.5
(94.1)		 30.7
(87.3)		 30.2
(86.4)		 30.0
(86.0)		 30.8
(87.4)		 32.3
(90.1)		 32.7
(90.9)		 31.8
(89.2)		 33.0
(91.4)
Average low °C (°F) 15.6
(60.1)		 17.2
(63.0)		 20.3
(68.5)		 23.5
(74.3)		 24.5
(76.1)		 24.2
(75.6)		 24.1
(75.4)		 24.0
(75.2)		 23.9
(75.0)		 23.4
(74.1)		 21.0
(69.8)		 17.2
(63.0)		 21.6
(70.9)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 2.2
(0.09)		 3.5
(0.14)		 7.2
(0.28)		 28.2
(1.11)		 281.3
(11.07)		 526.4
(20.72)		 540.7
(21.29)		 534.8
(21.06)		 349.4
(13.76)		 164.3
(6.47)		 57.8
(2.28)		 5.4
(0.21)		 2,501.2
(98.47)
Source: Norwegian Meteorological Institute[4]

Notes
  1. "Wayback Machine" (PDF). web.archive.org. 2023-02-09. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  2. "Myaung Dagar Industrial Zone 80pc done". Myanmar Times. 25 February 2008. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  3. Htar Htar Khin; Yi Yi Htwe (17 March 2008). "YCDC forces smelters out of Yangon". Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  4. "Myanmar Climate Report" (PDF). Norwegian Meteorological Institute. pp. 23–36. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
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