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Pakokku District ((ビルマ語:ပခုက္ကူခရိုင်); also Pagukku District) is a district of the Magway Division in central Burma (Myanmar).〔("Burma: Second-Order Administrative Divisions (Districts)" ) The Permanent Committee of Geographic Names (PCGN), United Kingdom, from Internet Archive of 25 September 2007〕 The administrative centre is the city of Pakokku. In October 2011, 7 wards and 95 villages were flooded because of heavy rain from tropical storm 02B which made a landfall at Myanmar-Bangladesh border on 19 Nov. All 4 townships of the District except Yesagyo were affected. 161 people were dead or missing according to Government data but total dead was more than 300 according to local news. 2657 households became homeless. 5 monasteries, 4 Dhammayons, 8 schools and 2,927 animals were destroyed. The total loss in the flood amounted to 1,522.95 million MMK, according to official data. UN agencies and international nongovernmental organizations such as WFP, UNICEF, BAJ and others donated 6,800 bags of rice, 18,390 viss of edible oil, 36,828 viss of gram and 3285 viss of salt worth US$ 261,620, 500 kilos of bleaching power, 440,000 tablets of water guard, 2,200 bottles of water guard, 2,200 sets of commodes, 2,2000 cakes of carbolic soap, 2,200 sets of water family kit, four 400-gallon-capacity fibre water tanks worth US$ 53,782, 287 viss of edible oil, 3,442 packets of instant noodle, 1,642 viss of salt, 821 tinned fish, biscuits, cakes of soap, aluminium pots, torch lights, dry cells, steel bowls and T-shirts worth MMK 3.46 million.〔http://www.mrtv3.net.mm/newpaper/111newsn.pdf Page 9 Col 1 〕 ==Townships== The district contains the following five townships: * Myaing Township * Pakokku Township * Pauk Township * Seikphyu Township * Yesagyo Township 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pakokku District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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