Okpho Okpo
—  Town  —
Okpho Location in Burma
Coordinates: 18°7′N 95°40′E / 18.117°N 95.667°E / 18.117; 95.667Coordinates: 18°7′N 95°40′E / 18.117°N 95.667°E / 18.117; 95.667
Country	Burma
Region	Bago Region
District	Tharrawaddy District
Township	Okpho Township
Time zone	MST (UTC+6.30)

Okpho or Okpo is a small town and seat of Okpho Township, Tharrawaddy District, in the Bago Region of southern-central Burma. It lies south of Gyobingauk and north of Minhla. It contains a hospital, a pagoda, and an open ground in the town centre.^[1][2]It is located 177 kilometres north of Yangon.^[3] The Okpho Railway Station is operated by the Burma Railway Corporation and the town also contains a police station.^[3] Father J.B Bringaud was reported to have been in the area 4 miles west of Okpho in November 1862.^[4]

Notable people [link]

• Chit Maung (1913–1945) - journalist, patriotic writer who worked for Bogyoke Aung San, the father of Aung San Suu Kyi. He was Chief Editor of New Light of Burma. Later his own Journalgyaw Newspaper was well known in Burma.

References [link]

External links [link]

• Maplandia World Gazetteer

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v t e Bago Region Capital: Bago Bago District Bago Township Kawa Township Thanatpin Township Waw Township Daik-U Township Nyaunglebin Township Shwegyin Township Pyay District Pyay Township Paukkaung Township Thegon Township Shwedaung Township Padaung Township Paungde Township Nattalin Township Zigon Township Taungoo District Taungoo Township Oktwin Township Tantabin Township Yedashe Township Pyu Township Kyauktaga Township Kyaukkyi Township Tharrawaddy District Tharrawaddy Township Gyobingauk Township Letpadan Township Minhla Township Monyo Township Okpho Township Main cities and towns Bago Taungoo Pyay Letpadan Daik-U Nyaunglebin Pyu Yedashe Shwekyin Tharrawaddy Gyobingauk Paungde Shwedaung

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