Paunglin Dam
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Paunglin Dam is a dam in the Yangon Division
, Burma. It is located near Hlegu
, northeast of Yangon
. The dam and the Ngamoeyeik Reservoir supply water to over 28,300 hectares (70,000 acres) of farmland between Hlegu and Yangon, and nearly 340 million liters (90 million gallons) of water a day to the people living in Yangon.
Yangon Division
Yangon Region is an administrative region of Myanmar. Located in the heart of Lower Myanmar, the division is bordered by Bago Region in the north and east, the Gulf of Martaban in the south, and Ayeyarwady Region in the west. Yangon Region is dominated by its capital city of Yangon, the former...
, Burma. It is located near Hlegu
Hlegu
Hlegu Township is a township in Yangon Division, Burma . It is northeast of the city Yangon and is largely rural.The township's Paunglin Dam and Ngamoeyeik Reservoir supply water to over 28,300 hectares of farmland between Hlegu and Yangon, and nearly 340 million liters of water a day to the...
, northeast of Yangon
Yangon
Yangon is a former capital of Burma and the capital of Yangon Region . Although the military government has officially relocated the capital to Naypyidaw since March 2006, Yangon, with a population of over four million, continues to be the country's largest city and the most important commercial...
. The dam and the Ngamoeyeik Reservoir supply water to over 28,300 hectares (70,000 acres) of farmland between Hlegu and Yangon, and nearly 340 million liters (90 million gallons) of water a day to the people living in Yangon.