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Yazagyo

Village in Sagaing Region, Burma

Yazagyo Yazagya, Yazago,^[1] Yarzagyo
Village
23°30′09″N 94°05′11″E / 23.50250°N 94.08639°E / 23.50250; 94.08639
Country	Burma
Region	Sagaing Region
District	Kale District
Township	Kale Township
Time zone	UTC+6.30 (MST)

Yazagyo^[2] (also Yazagya^[3] and Yarzagyo^[4]) is the northernmost village in Kale Township, Kale District, of western Burma (Myanmar).

The Yazagyo Airfield, where the US 965th and 966th Airborne Air Control Squadrons were stationed during World War II, is located 3 kilometres (2 mi) north of the town.

Notes

^ "Yazago (Variant)" Yazagyo at GEOnet Names Server United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
^ "Yazagyo (Approved)" Yazagyo at GEOnet Names Server United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
^ Burma 1:250,000 topographic map, Series U542, NF 46-03, Mawlaik U.S. Army Map Service, March 1960
^ "Sagaing Division (Lower), Myanmar" Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU), map Id: MIMU270v01, creation date: 5 Aug 2010, last accessed 15 December 2010

External links

"Yazagyo Map — Satellite Images of Yazagyo" Maplandia World Gazetteer. Note, Maplandia incorrectly places Yazagyo in Chin State, but see "Map of Sagaing Division (Lower), Myanmar" Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU), map ID: MIMU270v01, creation date: 5 Aug 2010 and Burma 1:250,000 topographic map, Series U542, NF 46-03, Mawlaik U.S. Army Map Service, March 1960