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Taukkyan

Taukkyan
Village
Taukkyan is located in Myanmar
Taukkyan
Taukkyan
Location in Burma
Coordinates: 23°6′N 94°1′E / 23.100°N 94.017°E / 23.100; 94.017Coordinates: 23°6′N 94°1′E / 23.100°N 94.017°E / 23.100; 94.017
Country  Burma
Region Sagaing Region
District Kale District
Township Kale Township
Time zone MST (UTC+6.30)

Taukkyan is a village in Kale Township, Kale District, in the Sagaing Region of western Burma.

In 1942 the Battle of the Taukkyan Roadblock was fought here between Japanese troops and Allied forces retreating from Rangoon towards India.



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