Taze Township

Taze township (Burmese: တန့်ဆည်မြို့နယ်) is a township in Ye-U District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar. The township has only one town- the principal town of Taze, which has four urban wards. The township also has 272 villages grouped into 57 village tracts. The township is very homogenous with 99.98% of the population being of the Bamar ethnicity, and 99.04% following Buddhism.^[1]

Taze Township တန့်ဆည်မြို့နယ်
Township
location of township in Ye-U district
location in Sagaing region
Coordinates: 23.051°N 95.433°E / 23.051; 95.433
Country	Myanmar
Region	Sagaing Region
District	Ye-U District
Area
• Total	716.34 sq mi (1,855.3 km2)
Population [1]	198,019
• Ethnicities	Bamar
• Religions	Buddhism
Time zone	UTC+6.30 (MMT)

The township has sizeable Pyusawhti militia presence, with military presence increasing in 2024 during the course of the current phase of the Myanmar civil war.^[2] Earlier that year, Pyusawhti outposts had been sieged by the People's Defence Force resistance troops.^[3]