Myaung ( my, မြောင် မြို့) is a town in the
Sagaing Region
Sagaing Region ( my, စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Sagaing Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar, located in the north-western part of the country between latitude 21° 30' north and lon ...
in central Myanmar. It is a crowded and peaceful town where is located on the west bank of the
Ayeyarwady River. It is a region between the Rivers of
Ayeyarwady and
Chindwin ,
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. There are many ancient and historical pagodas, monasteries, and places in
Myaung Township
Myaung Township is a township in Sagaing District in the Sagaing Division of Burma
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Myaung Township
Myaung Township is a township in Sagaing District in the Sagaing Division of Burma
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only so ...
is officially demarcated with the neighbour boundaries of
Chaung-U in the north-west, of
Myinmu in the east and north east. In the township of
Myaung, Kyauk Nagar Mountain is very famous, where very ancient rocky statues like the rocky dragon-shaped statues are found, and the Buddhist Region rich of many pagodas is situated.
Myaung Township
Myaung Township is a township in Sagaing District in the Sagaing Division of Burma
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only so ...
is one of the townships which were historically concerned with King Kyansit like
Chaung-U Township
Chaung-U Township ( my, ချောင်းဦးမြို့နယ်) is a township in Monywa District of Sagaing Division in Burma. . There are also many pagodas or Buddhist temples and monasteries of or built by King
Kyansittha
Kyansittha ( my, ကျန်စစ်သား, ; also spelt as Kyanzittha or Hti-Hlaing Shin; 1030 – 1112/13) was king of Pagan dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1084 to 1112/13, and is considered one of the greatest Burmese monarchs. He cont ...
at the age of
Bagan. It is a crowded town since it is located on the west bank of the river. To get there, there is Myaung-Payeinma Road, turning in from the
Monywa-
Mandalay one.
Myaung is located in the western part of
Sagaing District, 14 miles away from and in south-west of
Myinmu, at the basin area between two rivers of
Irrawady meeting with
Chindwin ,
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and at the right bank of
Irrawady. It is a town of Myaung township. It has an area of 179 square miles. The rural road of
Chaung-U-Ma Yoe Kone pass through the town.
In order to protect the flooding risk, a dam is dammed on North Main Lake called Myauk Inn Ma Kyi.
Myinchan-
Mandalay ships moored at harbour in the town.
Population of the town was 6,853 people according to the number of census at 1953. There are administration office, police station, public hospital, basic education high school and other official buildings in the town. According to census at 1956, population of the township was 60,079 people. There were 38 fields of headmen at the township ago. It was a township governed by grooms at the age of kings and under the governance of Shwebo Mayor at that time. Then, it was also under Ellakappa mayor. Myaung township was known Paung Myaung Teik ago and it was founded by Bagan King
Narapatisithu.
[Myanma Encyclopedia, Volume 9]
References
Township capitals of Myanmar
Populated places in Sagaing Region
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