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Hpayargyi ဘုရားကြီး
Town
HpayargyiLocation in Myanmar
Coordinates: 17°28′31″N 96°31′36″E / 17.47538°N 96.52654°E / 17.47538; 96.52654
Country	Myanmar
Region	Bago Region
District	Bago District
Township	Bago Township
Village tract	Hpayargyi village tract
Elevated from village	23 May 2013
Area
• Total	7.04 sq mi (18.2 km)
Population	19,552
Time zone	UTC+6.30 (MMT)

Payagyi (Burmese: ဘုရားကြီး; also spelt Hpayargyi or Hpayagyi) is a town in Bago Township, Bago Region, Myanmar that was elevated from village status in 2013. The four villages the Hpayargyi village tract- Hpayagyi, Shansu, Taungpeteekone and Natkin- were consolidated into three urban wards of the newly created town of Payagyi by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

The town is located roughly 10 miles northeast of Bago via the Yangon-Mandalay Highway. Payagyi is also the starting point of National Highway 8 and serves as a junction along the Asian Highway Network between AH1's main route and its spur going to Yangon.

In 2014, the 2014 Myanmar Census counted 16,805 people in the three urban wards of Payagyi. In 2018 the General Administration Department estimated the population at 17,521 people, increasing to 19,551 people in 2019.

References

1. ^ Myanmar Information Management Unit (December 19, 2019). Bago Myone Daethasaingyarachatlatmya ပဲခူမြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ [Bago Township Regional Information] (PDF) (Report). MIMU. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
2. "Place codes (Pcodes)". Myanmar Information Management Unit. June 2020.
3. အမိန့်ကြော်ငြာစာ (၄၃၉/၂၀၁၃) [Notification (439/2013)] (PDF) (Notification 439/2023) (in Burmese). Ministry of Home Affairs. 28 June 2013.
4. "INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT ON THE ASIAN HIGHWAY NETWORK" (PDF).
5. "Bago Township Report" (PDF). 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census. October 2017.

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

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