Palaw Township () is a township of Myeik District in the Taninthayi Region of Burma (Myanmar). The principal town and administrative seat is Palaw. The township has two other towns - Palauk and Pala.
Administrative subdivisions Palaw Township is divided into twenty-seven tracts. Six of those tracts are organized into the Palauk Subtownship which occupies the northern third of the township,"Palaw Township, Tanintharyi, Myanmar" , Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU), 12 August 2010 and which is administered from the town of Palauk. Kyauklonegyi (Palauk Subtownship) Pyichar (Palauk Subtownship) Sinhtoegyi (Palauk Subtownship) Nanthilar (Palauk Subtownship) Pyinbugyi (Palauk Subtownship) Khanti (Palauk Subtownship) Leikthaung Htaminmasar TaungyarkanShandut Mikyaungthaik Shatpon (Shutpon) shown as Pidat in Google Map Pulawkone Pulawhpyar (Pulawbya) Magyikone Palaw (urban) Nantaung DuyinpinshaungLetku Minhtein (Mintein) Kade To Pala Zayatseik Kye Kyaukkar Mali (offshore islands)
The township's three townscomprise a total of 13 urban wards. The 27 village tracts additionally contain 163 villages.
Communities Among the villages in Palaw Township are:"Palaw Google Satellite Map" Palaw (Burma) gazetteer at Maplandia Banka, Bodaungseik, Kade, Kataungni, Mintein, Palawgong (Palawgon), Pidat, Tonbu, Wachaung, and Zadiwin.
There are a 50-bed township hospital, five 16-bed station hospitals at Pala, Palauk, Maligyun, Pyinbugyi and Kyaukka, one maternal and child health care centre, one urban health care centre, six rural health centers and 15 sub rural health care centers in 2011.http://www.mrtv3.net.mm/newpaper/159newsn.pdf Page 11 Column 2
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