Hmawbi Township

Hmawbi Township is a township in the Yangon Region of Burma (Myanmar). 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.

Hmawbi Township

မှော်ဘီမြို့နယ်

Hmawbi Township
Township
Hmawbi Township
Location in Burma
Coordinates: 17°06′0″N 96°03′0″E
Country Myanmar
Region Yangon Region
Administrative seatHmawbi
Time zoneUTC6:30 (MST)

Technological University, Hmawbi exists near Hmawbi Township. Hmawbi is also home to the Aung Zabu Monastery.

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.[1] Operating licenses for steel smelters that do not relocate to the Industrial Zone are not renewed.[2]

Borders

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

Hmawbi Air Base

Hmawbi is home to an air base (ICAO: VYHB) of the Myanmar Air Force. Formerly called 501 Air Base.

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[3]

Notes
  1. "Myaung Dagar Industrial Zone 80pc done". Myanmar Times. 25 February 2008. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  2. 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.
  3. "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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