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Letpadan Township

Letpadan Township
လက်ပတန်းမြို့နယ်
Township
Country  Burma
Region Bago Region
District Tharrawaddy District
Capital Letpadan
Population (2014) 177,407
Time zone MST (UTC+6.30)

Letpatan Township (Burmese: လက်ပတန်းမြို့နယ်) is a township in Tharrawaddy District in the Bago Region of Burma. The principal town is Letpadan.

About 200 students and supporters of the movement against Education Law were crushed down by police at Letpadan on 10 March 2015 after they had been blocked on their way to Yangon for nine days at there by police. Over 100 were arrested after being attacked brutally by police force.


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