Danuphyu Township ( my, ဓနုဖြူမြို့နယ်) is a

township A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...

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 ...

in the

Ayeyarwady Region 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 ...

Burma (Myanmar) Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

. Danubyu Township is known as the death place of the general

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 k ...

at Danubyu Fort effectively ending the First Anglo-Burmese War by forcing the Burmese to surrender to the British. The Township consists of 1 city, 16 wards, 63 village groups and 450 villages and spans over the

Irrawaddy 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. Origi ...

. The Township is named after its capital,

Danubyu Danubyu ( my, ဓနုဖြူမြို့ ) is a town in the Ayeyarwady Division of south-west Myanmar, located on the west bank of the Ayeyarwaddy River in the Ayeyarwaddy Delta. It is the seat of the Danubyu Township in the Maubin District ...

, which is split into 16 wards. It is bordered to the north by the

Hinthada District Hinthada District ( my, ဟင်္သာတခရိုင်; formerly Henzada District) is a district of Ayeyarwady Division, Myanmar. Townships The district contains the following townships: *Hinthada Township Hinthada Township ( my, ဟ� ...

with Zalun Township for most of the northern boundary with

Hinthada Township Hinthada Township ( my, ဟင်္သာတမြို့နယ်) is a township of Hinthada District in the Ayeyarwady Division of Myanmar. Notable residents *Bhaddanta Āciṇṇa The Most Venerable Bhaddanta Āciṇṇa ( pi, label=none ...

for a small section to the northwest. To its west, it borders

Kyonpyaw Township Kyonpyaw Township ( my, ကျုံပျော်မြို့နယ်) is a township in the south of Kyonpyaw District in the Ayeyarwady Division of Myanmar. The capital is Kyonpyaw town, founded 600 years ago. The township, like others in ...

of the

Pathein District Pathein District ( my, ပုသိမ်ခရိုင်) is a district of Ayeyawady Division, Myanmar. It is located around and includes the urban area of the city of Pathein. The area of the Pathein District is . Its population was 1,630,71 ...

Pantanaw Township Pantanaw Township ( my, ပန်းတနော်မြို့နယ် ) is a township of Maubin District in the Ayeyarwady Region of Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA convention ...

in the southwest and Nyaungdon Township in the southeast form the southern border within Maubin District. Danubyu Township has an eastern border with

Yangon Region Yangon Region(, ; formerly Rangoon Division and Yangon Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar. Located in the heart of Lower Myanmar, the division is bordered by Bago Region to the north and east, the Gulf of Martaban to the south, and ...

and its

Hlegu Township Hlegu Township ( my, လှည်းကူး မြို့နယ်, ) is a မြို့နယ် of Yangon Burma, Burma (Myanmar). It is northeast of the city Yangon and is largely rural. The township's Paunglin Dam and Ngamoeyeik Rese ...

Geography

Danubyu Township is a largely flat township without any hills or mountains located in eastern Ayeyarwaddy Region. 17 miles of the

runs through the Township as its main feature from north to south. The Township has two major river embankment dams to control flooding on the Irrawaddy. This section of the river is navigable by all vessels. The Township sees intensive land use and has virtually no wild animals and natural preserves. Tree species in the area include lebbek trees, bur trees and white siris trees. The Township is located in a hot tropical zone with a heavy monsoon presence. Compared to other townships, Danubyu has a higher temperature various with average highs and lows range between 43 °C and 17 °C, respectively. Between 2016 and 2019, the average year sees 95 days of rain with an average rainfall of 83.5 inches (212 cm) per year.

History

In December 1824, the

Konbaung Dynasty The Konbaung dynasty ( my, ကုန်းဘောင်ခေတ်, ), also known as Third Burmese Empire (တတိယမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်) and formerly known as the Alompra dynasty (အလောင်းဘ ...

general

retreated to Danubyu after being forced to retreat from

Yangon Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government ...

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 ...

. 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. Bandula attempted a counter-charge with elephant cavalry to relieve the siege but failed. On April 1, a stray mortar landed on Bandula while he was out in the open against the advice of his generals to boost morale.

Demographics and Economy

The population is largely rural with 87.7% of the total population in 2019 (167,378 people) lived in rural areas. Besides Danubyu, other settlements include Zagagyi and Kyaung Su. The average household size was 4.3 people in 2019. 92.18% of the total population adhere to

Buddhism Buddhism ( , ), also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya (), is an Indian religion or philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha. It originated in northern India as a -movement in the 5th century BCE, and gra ...

while 6.4% of the population were

Christians Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...

Agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

is the primary industry of the Township with a total of 121,774 acres (492.8 sq. km) of farmland. The main crop farmed is rice, with significant beans, pulse, corn and mango also being farmed. There are also poultry and pig husbandry in the township. Agriculture is largely unmechanized with only 5,776 Harvesters privately owned in the Township in 2019. After agriculture, the next industries employing the most people in Danubyu Township are Water-related industries and Sales. Fisheries and freshwater prawn farms are also important within the Township. The average income in the 2018-2019 fiscal year was 940,967

kyat The kyat (, or ; my, ကျပ် ; ISO 4217 code MMK) is the currency of Myanmar (Burma). The typical notation for the kyat is "K" (singular) and "Ks." (plural), placed before the numerals followed by " /-" The term ''kyat'' derives from th ...

s (roughly US$635 by 2019 conversion rates).

Notable people

10th president of Myanmar

Win Myint Win Myint ( ; born 8 November 1951) is a Burmese politician who served as the tenth president of Myanmar from 2018 to 2021. He was removed from office in the 2021 Burmese coup d'état. He was the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Myanm ...

was born in Nyaungchaung, Danuphyu Township in 1945. Famous 20th century Burmese dance actor

Po Sein Po Sein ( my, ဘိုးစိန်, ; 18 April 1882 – 11 January 1954) was an influential 20th-century traditional leading Burmese dance actor in Myanmar Drama Event and singer, who has been credited with innovating and modernizing Burmese ...

's father was San Dun of Danubyu, himself a well-known performer

References

External links

"Ayeyarwady Division: Danuphyu Township"
map, 2008, Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU) Townships of Ayeyarwady Region {{Ayeyarwady-geo-stub