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{{Infobox settlement
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|name =Pakokku
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|subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Magway Region}}
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|subdivision_name2 = [[Pakokku District]]
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'''Pakokku''' ({{lang-my|ပခုက္ကူမြို့}}, {{IPA-my|pəkʰoʊʔkù|}}) is the largest city in the [[Magway Region]] of [[Myanmar]]. It is situated about 30 km northeast of [[Bagan]] on the [[Irrawaddy River]]. It is the administration seat of [[Pakokku Township]] , [[Pakokku District]] and [[Gangaw District]]. [[Pakokku Bridge]] is part of the [[India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway]] and is the longest bridge in Myanmar. It is home of the [[Pakokku Airport]].

The city is the location of [[Computer University, Pakokku]], Pakokku Education College, [[Technological University, Pakokku]], and [[Pakokku University]]. Thiho Shin Pagoda (The Lord of [[Sri Lanka]] Pagoda), Shwe Ku Pagoda, Shwe Mothtaw Pagoda, Shwe Tant Tit, and Phaung Taw Oo Pagoda are famous pagodas in Pakokku. Pakokku is also the largest rice market city of [[Upper Myanmar]].

== History ==
Before British occupation, Pakokku was a small village and part of both Pakhangyi and Bagan districts. The British occupied [[Upper Burma]] on 29 November 1885. On 1 December 1887, British India Government established Pakokku Municipal. On 21 December 1887, British India government ordered Pakokku as a town of Pakhangyi District with the population of 1,985. By the order degree (201) of British Government, Pakhangyi District was abolished and [[Pakokku District]] was established on 21 July 1888. In 1901,the population of Pakokku was 19,456. During 13 years, Pakokku's population and developments were increased rapidly.

In 1896, Pakokku became a capital city of Pakokku Hill Tracts Districts. The area under its administration included [[Pakokku District]], [[Chin State]] outside [[Paletwa]] township, [[Gangaw District]], [[Naga Self-Administered Zone]], [[Nagaland]], [[Mizoram]], [[Tripura]], [[Manipur]] and [[Meghalaya]] outside [[Shillong]] township.

In the early months of 1930, political speeches for Burma's colonial separation from British India were held in Shwegu Pagoda. U Lwin was appointed a new mayor of Pakokku on 7 November 1930. Pakokku Municipal election was held on 10 December 1930. In the early morning of 22 March 1931, heavy fire burned in Pakokku and more than 3,000 people were homeless, so Pakokku Fire Brigade was established on 7 April 1931.

When Burma won independence in 1948, Pakokku Hill Tracts Districts was divided into two sections. [[Pakokku District]], [[Gangaw District]], [[Naga Self-Administered Zone]] and [[Chin State]] became parts of Burma and [[Nagaland]], [[Mizoram]], [[Tripura]], [[Manipur]] and [[Meghalaya]] became a parts of [[India]].

By the 1947 Constitution of the Union of Burma, Pakokku Province was established with two districts in 1948. They are [[Pakokku District]] and Kanpetlet District with 11 townships. Townships are Pakokku, [[Kanpetlet]], [[Yesagyo]], [[Pauk Township|Pauk]], [[Seikphyu]], [[Myaing]], [[Gangaw]], [[Htilin]], [[Saw Township|Saw]], [[Mindat Township|Mindat]] and [[Matupi, Myanmar|Matupi]]. Pakokku was occupied by Communist rebels in 1949 and held until 1955, when it was liberated by government forces. In 1958,the name of Kanpetlet District was changed into [[Mindat District]] and Kanpetlet District's Capital was moved to [[Mindat Township|Mindat]] from [[Kanpetlet]]. Province's Capital city was Pakokku.

On 2 March 1962, the military led by General Ne Win took control of Burma through a coup d'état, and the government has been under direct or indirect control by the military. A new constitution of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma was adopted in 1974.

By the 1974 Constitution, Pakokku Province was abolished and [[Pakokku District]] was added to the [[Magway Division]] and [[Mindat District]] was added to the [[Chin State]]. On 4 April 1998, [[Pakokku District]] was divided into two districts. Pakokku, [[Pauk, Myanmar|Pauk]], [[Yesagyo]], [[Myaing]] and [[Seikphyu]] became [[Pakokku District]] and [[Gangaw]], [[Saw Township|Saw]] and [[Htilin]] became [[Gangaw District]].

[[Pakokku Bridge]] construction was started on 15 December 2009 and ended on 31 December 2011. It was opened on 1 January 2012, and is the longest bridge in [[Myanmar]].

==Notable Places==
* [[Thihoshin Pagoda]]

==Climate==
Located in the powerful [[rain shadow]] of the [[Arakan Mountains]], Pakokku has a [[semi-arid climate#Hot semi-arid climates|hot semi-arid climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''BSh''), receiving only about two-fifteenths as much rain as [[Sittwe]] at the same latitude on the [[Bay of Bengal]] coast. Unlike most monsoonal semi-arid climates, the rainy season is relatively long at around five to six months, while variability and extreme monthly and daily rainfalls are much lower than usual with this type of climate.<ref>See {{cite journal |last=Camberlin |first=Pierre |doi=10.3354/cr00856|url=http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/49/82/26/PDF/camberlin_CR_revised.pdf|title=More variable tropical climates have a slower demographic growth|year=2010|journal=Climate Research|volume=41|pages=157–167|doi-access=free}}</ref>
{{Weather box
| location = Pakokku (1981-2010)
| single line = Y
| metric first = Y
| Jan high C = 29.1
| Feb high C = 32.3
| Mar high C = 36.4
| Apr high C = 39.0
| May high C = 37.5
| Jun high C = 35.3
| Jul high C = 34.9
| Aug high C = 33.9
| Sep high C = 33.5
| Oct high C = 32.7
| Nov high C = 30.6
| Dec high C = 28.7
| year high C = 33.7
| Jan low C = 13.2
| Feb low C = 14.7
| Mar low C = 18.6
| Apr low C = 22.1
| May low C = 24.2
| Jun low C = 23.6
| Jul low C = 23.8
| Aug low C = 23.5
| Sep low C = 23.0
| Oct low C = 21.6
| Nov low C = 18.1
| Dec low C = 15.1
| year low C = 20.1
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 0.9
| Feb rain mm = 0.3
| Mar rain mm = 3.9
| Apr rain mm = 11.1
| May rain mm = 88.2
| Jun rain mm = 89.7
| Jul rain mm = 38.2
| Aug rain mm = 90.6
| Sep rain mm = 117.8
| Oct rain mm = 132.0
| Nov rain mm = 29.6
| Dec rain mm = 4.0
| source 1 = [[Norwegian Meteorological Institute]]<ref name="metno">{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181008145507/http://met-xpprod.customer.enonic.io/publikasjoner/met-report/met-report-2017/_/attachment/download/a3bf1468-4e93-486a-aa3f-4bea3871cffa:b8f39ba9ecfbde7d7c6da8ca769f4a1a96d61d39/MyanmarClimateReportFINAL24Oct2017.pdf | archive-date = 8 October 2018 | url = http://met-xpprod.customer.enonic.io/publikasjoner/met-report/met-report-2017/_/attachment/download/a3bf1468-4e93-486a-aa3f-4bea3871cffa:b8f39ba9ecfbde7d7c6da8ca769f4a1a96d61d39/MyanmarClimateReportFINAL24Oct2017.pdf | title = Myanmar Climate Report | publisher = Norwegian Meteorological Institute | pages =23–36 | access-date = 1 December 2018}}</ref>
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==Transport==
Pakokku's strategic location in Central Myanmar makes it an important hub for transport of people and goods. The city is connected to other parts of the country and to China, Thailand and India by multiple modes of transportation.

===Air===
*[[Pakokku Airport]]

===River===
The [[irrawaddy River]] remains an important arterial route for transporting goods such as farm produce including rice, beans and pulses, cooking oil, pottery, bamboo and teak. Pakokku river port is one of the most important ports, the third largest port in [[Myanmar]] after Yangon port and Mandalay port. Pakokku port is a major port of [[Magway Region]].

===Rail===
<ref>[http://www.ministryofrailtransportation.com/images/stories/mrt/pakkokku.jpg Division 10 Pakokku]</ref>
[[File:Myanmar Railways station map Division 10 Pakokku.png|thumb|[[Myanmar Railways]] station map <br />Division 10 Pakokku]]
Pakokku Railway Station is the terminus of [[Myanmar Railways]]'s main rail line from [[Yangon]] and the starting point of branch lines to [[Pyin U Lwin]] (Maymyo), [[Monywa]], [[Mandalay]], [[Kalemyo|Kalay]], [[Gangaw]], and to the south, [[Bagan]], [[Minbu]], [[Thayetmyo|Thayet]], [[Pyay]] and [[Kyangin]].Pakokku Railway Station is the major Railway Station of [[Magwe Division]].

Pakokku does not have an intra-city [[rapid transit|metro rail]] system.

===Roads===
Pakokku is a part of Myanmar's road network. The highway network includes roads towards:<ref name=md>{{cite news| url=http://www.myanmar.gov.mm/Article/Article2005/Feb/Feb13.htm | title=Mandalay Division marching to new golden land of unity and amity | date=13 February 2005 | author=Thiha Aung | newspaper=[[New Light of Myanmar]]}}</ref>
* Upper Burma and China—
Pakokku—[[Myingyan]]-[[Mandalay]]-[[Tagaung]]–[[Bhamo]]–[[Myitkyina]] Road, Pakokku-[[Chaung Oo]]-[[Sagaing]]-[[Mandalay]] Road, Pakokku-[[Mandalay]]–[[Lashio]]–[[Muse (Shan State)|Muse]] Road (part of [[Asian Highway]])<ref name=AH>{{Cite web|url=http://www.unescap.org/ttdw/Publications/TIS_pubs/pub_2303/MyanmarB5.pdf|format=PDF|title=Asian Highway in Myanmar|website= unescap.org|access-date=12 January 2009}}</ref>
* Western Burma and India—
Pakokku-[[Pauk, Myanmar|Pauk]]-[[Saw Township|Saw]]-[[Htilin]]-[[Gangaw]]-[[Kale Township|Kale]]-[[Tamu, Burma|Tamu]] Road, Pakokku-[[Pauk, Myanmar|Pauk]]-[[Kyaukhtu]]-[[Mindat Township|Mindat]]-[[Matupi Township|Matupi]] Road, Pakokku—[[Chaung Oo]]–[[Monywa]]–[[Kalewa]]–[[Tamu, Burma|Tamu]] Road (part of [[India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway]])<ref name=AH/>
* Lower Burma and Thailand—
Pakokku-[[Nyaung-Oo]]-[[Chauk]]-[[Pyay]]-[[Bago, Myanmar|Bago]]-[[Yangon]] Road, Pakokku-[[Meiktila]] – [[Nay Pyi Taw]] – [[Thaton]] – [[Hpa-an]] – [[Kawkareik]] – [[Myawaddy]] Road (part of [[India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway]])<ref name=AH/>

Most stretches of these highways are one-lane roads in poor condition. [[Pakokku Bridge]] is part of the [[India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway]] and is the longest bridge in Myanmar.
[[File:IRRAWADDY FERRY JOURNEY RAILWAY BRIDGE NEAR BAGAN STEAMING TO MANDALAY MYANMA FEB2013.jpg|thumb]]

== Education ==
=== List of universities and colleges in Pakokku ===
*Pakokku Teacher Training Degree College (Pakokku Education Degree College)
*[[Pakokku University]]
*[[Computer University, Pakokku]]
*[[Technological University, Pakokku]]
*Nursing College, Pakokku
*East Pali University of Buddhism, Pakokku (Maha Vijara Rama)
*Middle Pali University of Buddhism, Pakokku (Maha Visuta Rama)
*West Pali University of Buddhism, Pakokku (Mandalay tike)

== Sports ==
The 7,000-seat Pakokku Stadium is a multi-use [[stadium]] used mostly for [[Association football|football]] matches.

==List of Ethnic Groups in Pakokku==
{{bar box
|width=35em
|barwidth=150px
|title=Ethnic Composition in Pakokku Township (Rough Estimate)
|titlebar=#ddd
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Bamar]]|orange|94.81}}
{{bar percent|[[Chin people|Chin]]|blue|2.09}}
{{bar percent|[[Yaw people|Yaw]]|Pink|1.02}}
{{bar percent|[[Mon people|Mon]]|red|0.5}}
{{bar percent|[[Rakhine people|Rakhine]]|yellow|0.3}}
{{bar percent|[[Karen people|Kayin]]|green|0.02}}
{{bar percent|[[Shan people|Shan]]|green|0.02}}
{{bar percent|[[Jingpo people|Kachin]]|black|0.01}}
{{bar percent| [[Karenni people|Kayah]]|lime|0.01}}
{{bar percent|Other groups including <br> [[Pa'O people|Pa'O]], [[Wa people|Wa]], [[Naga people|Naga]], [[Lahu people|Lahu]], [[Lisu people|Lisu]] and [[Palaung people|Palaung]]|cyan|0.96}}
}}

===Religion===
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Religion in Pakokku (2014)<ref name="TUR">{{cite book | url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B067GBtstE5TSl9FNElRRGtvMUk | title=The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census Census Report Volume 2-C | publisher=Department of Population Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population MYANMAR | author=Department of Population Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population MYANMAR | year=July 2016 | pages=12–15}}</ref>
|title =
|label1 = Buddhism
|value1 = 99
|color1 = Yellow
|label2 = Islam
|value2 = 0.5
|color2 = Green
|label3 = Christianity
|value3 = 0.29
|color3 = DodgerBlue
|label4 = Hinduism
|value4 = 0.16
|color4 = Orange
|label5 = Atheist
|value5 = 0.05
|color5 = GreenYellow

}}

[[Buddhism]] is the practised by the majority of the population. A sizable minority, however, adheres to [[Islam]], [[Christianity]], [[Atheism]], and [[Hinduism]].

Pakokku is the second most important and populated city of [[Buddhist monks]] in [[Myanmar]] with three Pali university of Buddhism.

== Health care ==

=== Public Hospitals ===
*Pakokku General Hospital
*Pakokku Traditional Medicine Hospital
*Pakokku Women's and Children's Hospital
*Pakokku Sangha Hospital

=== Private Hospitals ===
*ChanMyae Hospital
*ThaPyaeNyo Hospital

== Future Plans ==
* Pakokku Airport as an international Airport
* Pakokku Inland port development project in Irrawaddy River
* A new bus terminal as a largest bus terminal in Upper Myanmar
* Fuel Refineries economic Zone
* Shopping Malls and Supermarkets
* Pakokku-Bagan Circular high speed Railway

==References==
<references />

{{Magway Division}}

[[Category:Populated places in Magway Region]]
[[Category:Township capitals of Myanmar]]

{{Magway-geo-stub}}

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