Mein-ma-hla Kyun Wildlife Sanctuary

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Mein-ma-hla Kyun Wildlife Sanctuary
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Location within Burma
Location Bogale Township, Ayeyarwady Division,  Burma
Nearest city Bogale
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Established 1986

Mein-ma-hla Kyun Wildlife Sanctuary (Burmese: မိန်းမလှကျွန်း တောရိုင်းတိရစ္ဆာန် ဘေးမဲ့တော) is a wetland reserve in Lower Myanmar (Burma). It is located in Bogale Township in Ayeyarwady Division.[1] Mein-ma-hla means beautiful woman in Burmese, as the island is linked to a local Burmese myth. The wetland reserve is located on Mein-ma-hla island(kyun) and is classified as a mangrove ecosystem reserve. The reserve is occupies an area of Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). and was established in 1986.

Flora and fauna

The protected area has a total of 29 mangrove tree species and saltwater crocodiles.[2]

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