Pyinsalu Subtownship

Pyinsalu Subtownship (Burmese: ပြင်စလူမြို့နယ်ခွဲ) is a subtownship of Labutta Township in Labutta District, Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar.^[1] The namesake of the subtownship is Pyinsalu, a small town of 2,484 people. The subtownship is coastal, bordering the Andaman Sea to its south. To its north, it borders the remainder of Labutta Township and, to its east, it borders Bogale Township and the mouth of the Irrawaddy River.^[2] The subtownship consists of 12 village tracts and one town, which is split into 3 urban wards.^[1]

Pyinsalu Subtownship ပြင်စလူမြို့နယ်ခွဲ
Subtownship
View of western Pyinsalu subtownship from the International Space Station
Location in Labutta district
Coordinates: 15.93°N 94.88°E / 15.93; 94.88
Country	Myanmar
Region	Ayeyarwady Region
District	Labutta District
Township	Labutta Township
Capital	Pyinsalu
Area
• Total	384.8 sq mi (996.6 km2)
Population  (2014)[1]	85,289
Time zone	UTC+6:30 (MMT)

The subtownship was severely affected by the 2008 Cyclone Nargis. Emergency response teams traveled by boat to reach the stranded communities on the patchwork of islands and rivers that make up the subtownship.^[3]

The subtownship also contains two protected coastal mangrove forests- the Pyan Alan and the Kyarkan Twinpauk forest reserves. These areas protect magrove species from the Rhizophora, Sonneratia and Avicennia genuses.^[2]