Tatkon Township

Tatkon Township တပ်ကုန်းမြို့နယ် Tatkone Township
Township
Tatkon Township
Coordinates: 20°7′N 96°13′E
Country	Myanmar
Division	Naypyidaw Union Territory
Capital	Tatkon
Area
• Total	695.9 sq mi (1,802.3 km^2)
Population  (2014)
• Total	217,093
• Density	312/sq mi (120.5/km^2)
Time zone	UTC+6:30 (MMT)

Tatkon Township (Burmese: တပ်ကုန်းမြို့နယ်) is one of eight townships of Naypyidaw Union Territory, Burma.

History

The area comprising Lewe Township was previously called Nga-nwe-kon (ငနွဲ့ကုန်း), Nwekon (နွယ်ကုန်း), and Wa-nwe-kon-zu (ဝါးနွယ်ကုန်းစု), in reference to its establishment on a hillock.^[1] Since 1788, it has been known as Lewe.

Demographics

2014

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
2014	217,093	—

The 2014 Myanmar Census reported that Tatkon Township had a population of 217,093.^[2] The population density was 120.5 people per km².^[2] The census reported that the median age was 28.1 years, and 92 males per 100 females.^[2] There were 51,747 households; the mean household size was 4.1.^[2]

References

1. "တပ်ကုန်းမြို့နယ်ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်အလက်များ" (PDF). General Administration Department. 2017.
2. "Tatkon Township Report" (PDF). 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census. October 2017.