Yepokgyi

Yepokgyi
ရေပုတ်ကြီး
Yae Poke Gyi
Yepokgyi
Location in Myanmar
Coordinates: 20°25′08″N 94°35′17″E / 20.41895°N 94.58815°E / 20.41895; 94.58815
Country Myanmar
Region Magway Region
DistrictMinbu District
TownshipPwintbyu Township
Village TractYae Poke Gyi
Population
 (2014)
  Total
2,990
Time zoneUTC+6:30 (MMT)

Yepokgyi (Burmese: ရေပုတ်ကြီး, variously spelt Yay Pote Gyi and Yae Poke Gyi) is a village tract located in Pwintbyu Township, Minbu District, Magwe Region, Myanmar. In 2014, the Yepokgyi had 596 households, including 2,990 people, evenly divided between males and females. The village tract only consists of one village- the village of Yepokgyi. The village was connected by a road in 2018.

The village is part of Anyar, the heartland of the Bamar people in Upper Myanmar's dry zone. The village is near Yadana Oo Pagoda, a historic pilgrimage site.