Danubyu ( my, ဓနုဖြူမြို့ ) is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

in the

Ayeyarwady Division Ayeyarwady Region ( my, ဧရာဝတီတိုင်းဒေသကြီး , , ; formerly Ayeyarwady Division and Irrawaddy Division), is a region of Myanmar, occupying the delta region of the Ayeyarwady River (Irrawaddy River). It is bor ...

of south-west

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, located on the west bank of the

Ayeyarwaddy River The Irrawaddy River ( Ayeyarwady River; , , from Indic ''revatī'', meaning "abounding in riches") is a river that flows from north to south through Myanmar (Burma). It is the country's largest river and most important commercial waterway. Orig ...

in the Ayeyarwaddy Delta. It is the seat of the

Danubyu Township Danuphyu Township ( my, ဓနုဖြူမြို့နယ်) is a township of Maubin District in the Ayeyarwady Region of Burma (Myanmar). Danubyu Township is known as the death place of the general Maha Bandula at Danubyu Fort effectively ...

in the

Maubin District Maubin District ( my, မအူပင်ခရိုင် ) is a district in Ayeyarwady Division, Myanmar. It consists of 39 wards, 235 village groups and 1642 villages organized into four townships - Maubin, Pantanaw, Nyaungdon Nyaungdon ( m ...

History

After the loss to the British in the Battle of Yangon during the

First Anglo-Burmese War The First Anglo-Burmese War ( my, ပထမ အင်္ဂလိပ်-မြန်မာ စစ်; ; 5 March 1824 – 24 February 1826), also known as the First Burma War, was the first of three wars fought between the British and Burmese ...

Maha Bandula General Maha Bandula ( my, မဟာဗန္ဓုလ ; 6 November 1782 – 1 April 1825) was commander-in-chief of the Royal Burmese Armed Forces from 1821 until his death in 1825 in the First Anglo-Burmese War. Bandula was a ...

retreated to Danubyu. He quickly built a fort using local trees and built up a strong stockade with 10,000 troops. When the British arrived in early 1825, they started a siege but was unable to break through Bandula's defences after a few months despite their superior weaponry. During the Battle of Danubyu, Bandula defended against the first attack but lost after a failed counter-charge with elephants. Bandula was killed in Danubyu by a mortar shell while walking around in the open against the warning of his generals in an attempt to boost morale.

Economy

As the area around Danubyu is fertile and nutrient-rich, agriculture is the town's main industry. Major crops include

rice Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima ''Oryza glaberrima'', commonly known as African rice, is one of the two domesticated rice species. It was first domesticated and grown i ...

and Matpe beans. Danubyu also has produces tobacco as well as traditional carpet-weaving.မြန်မာ့စွယ်စုံကျမ်း၊ အတွဲ(၅)

References

Township capitals of Myanmar Populated places in Ayeyarwady Region {{Ayeyarwady-geo-stub