Sinbaungwe Township () or Tantabin Township is a township of Aunglan District in southeastern Magway Region of Myanmar. It is located to the west of the Pegu Range in the foothills and on the plain of the Irrawaddy. Most of the township is east of the Irrawaddy, but about 20% of the township lies on the right (west) bank. The major town and administrative center is Sinbaungwe (also called Tantabin).
History Sinbaungwe Township was formerly called Myedé Kyan (remnant of Myedé) as it had been part of Myedé Township (now Aunglan Township) before that was divided.Scott, James George and Hardiman, John Percy (1900) Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan States Part 1, Volume 2, page 517 In 2008, a local student named Htoo Zaw Naing became the first student in the township's history to garner 5 distinctions on the National Matriculation Examination.
Bounds Sinbaungwe Township is bordered"Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map" Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU) by the following townships: Magway to the north, Taungdwingyi to the north and northeast, Lewe of Mandalay Region to the east Aunglan (Myayde) to the south, Thayet to the southwest, and Minhla to the west and northwest.
Villages Among the many villages and wards (village census tracts) in Sinbaungwe Township are Baingyagon, Bwetsan, Chaungkauk, Egayit, Ingya, Inyon, Konbo, Kyauk-o, Kyigon, Thazi, Wundet, Yebok and Zaunggyandaung.
Economy Rice growing is the main economic activity in the township.
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External links "Sinbaungwe (Tantabin) Google Satellite Map" Maplandia