Myinmu ( my, မြင်းမူ) is a river town in the south-east of the

Sagaing Division 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 ...

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. The town has a rich history linked to

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during the Burma Campaign against the

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ese, in 1944. It was also under the control of the Portuguese

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in the 19th century. One of the first agricultural cooperatives was established here in 1905.

Geography

Myinmu is the principal town of

Myinmu Township Myinmu Township is a Townships of Burma, township in the southeast of the Sagaing Division in Burma, Burma (Myanmar), west of Mandalay. The principal town is Myinmu which lies on the northern bank of the Irrawaddy River. History of Myinmu is close ...

and the town lies on the northern bank of 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 ...

. Mu River flows about away from the town. The population within radius of the town is reported to be 19,452. It is located roughly west of

Mandalay Mandalay ( or ; ) is the second-largest city in Myanmar, after Yangon. Located on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, 631km (392 miles) (Road Distance) north of Yangon, the city has a population of 1,225,553 (2014 census). Mandalay was fo ...

. The nearest settlements are

Paledan Paledan is a village in Myinmu Township in the southeast of the Sagaing Division in Burma. It is located just east of Myinmu Myinmu ( my, မြင်းမူ) is a river town in the south-east of the Sagaing Division in Burma. The town has a ...

to the east and

Tizaung Tizaung is a village in the southeast of the Sagaing Division in Burma. It is located about 2 miles northeast of the township centre of Myinmu Myinmu ( my, မြင်းမူ) is a river town in the south-east of the Sagaing Division in Burma ...

, about to the north-east. Other settlements of note in the vicinity are Allagappa to the west and

Ngaizun Ngaizun is a river town in the southeast of the Sagaing Division in Burma. Ngaziun lies on the southern bank of the Irrawaddy River several kilometres east downstream on the opposite side of the river from Myinmu. It contains at least 6 notable p ...

, located several miles away on the opposite side of the river. The nearest International Airport is

Mandalay International Airport Mandalay International Airport ( my, မန္တလေး အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာ လေဆိပ်; ), located 35 km south of Mandalay in Tada-U, is one of three international airports in Myanmar. Completed in ...

(MDL), which is away from the town.

Climate

Myinmu has a hot

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that borders on a

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(''BSh'' bordering on ''Aw'' according to the

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) with a wet season and a dry season and with the temperature being warm year-round. The highest temperature ever recorded in Myanmar was recorded at Myinmu when a temperature of was recorded on 14 May 2010. The wet season runs from May to October and the rest of the year is the dry season. The hottest temperatures happen during April and May as the wet season starts.

History

Myinmu was occupied by Portuguese missionaries in the late 19th century who established Roman Catholic Mission in Myinmu and opened stations at

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and

Chaung-U Chaung-U ( my, ချောင်းဦးမြို့) is a town located in Monywa District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar. It is the principal town of Chaung-U Township. In the Bagan Dynasty, when King Popa Saw Rahan (also known as King Taungthugy ...

. One of the earliest cooperatives in Burma was established in Myinmu township in March 1905 with 19 members. Myinmu was occupied by the

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during the Burma Campaign against the Japanese in 1944. Douglas Gracey occupied Myinmu on February 13, 1944 and crossed the Irrawaddy.

Economy

Mynimu and the surrounding township rely on agriculture for their livelihoods and are located relatively close to the market in Mandalay. The principal crop is rice and farmers in the township have been reported to have devised new ways to reduce weed problems by replacing alternate wet-seeded rice with transplanted rice. In the close precincts of the Myinmu Township, a small irrigation scheme, known as the Letpan Dam project, has been implemented in the year 2004, on the Letpan Creek to the north of Tawchaung Oo Village. It is an earthen dam, which is long and in height that created a storage of to irrigate of land under double cropping with mixed crops. This has helped in improving the economic conditions of the farmers in the area. This is the 15th irrigation project implemented in the Sagaing district. Another economic activity supported by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is of rearing pigs and growing mushrooms. This pilot project was undertaken jointly by the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, the Ministry of Cooperatives and the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, as a poverty alleviation programme in the dry zone under a development study on sustainable agriculture and rural development. The pilot project spread over 3 years involved six townships in three divisions including the Myinmu and Ayadaw townships in Sagaing Division. It is reported that the pig rearing programme was a supplement to growing food crops such as

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during the cropping season, which improved the economic condition of the farmers. Under this pilot study, 2 pigs and four goats were given to the farmers of the villages on the basis that the farmers would repay the cost of the livestock after one year. Farmers who were interviewed were confident of the success of this scheme to supplement their income. One more pilot project taken up under the same assistance programme, implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture related to planting of mushrooms at low cost. It was surmised that an investment of K 2500 could double in a short span of two weeks.

References

{{Sagaing Division Township capitals of Myanmar Populated places in Sagaing District