Pyuntaza (; also spelt Pyuntasa) is a small town located in
Nyaunglebin Township
Nyaunglebin Township ( my, ညောင်လေးပင်မြို့နယ်) is a township situated in Bago District, Bago Region of Myanmar
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Bago District
Bago District ( my, ပဲခူးခရိုင်) is a district of the Bago Region in central Burma (Myanmar). The region's capital, Bago, is located in the district.
Bago District is bordered by Mon State to the southeast, Kayin State to the ...
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Bago Region
Bago Region ( my, ပဲခူးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Pegu Division and Bago Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar, located in the southern central part of the country. It is bordered by Magway Region ...
,
Myanmar
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. It is about from
Bago
Bago may refer to:
Places Myanmar
* Bago, Myanmar, a city and the capital of the Bago Region
* Bago District, a district of the Bago Region
* Bago Region an administrative region
* Bago River, a river
* Bago Yoma or Pegu Range, a mountain rang ...
(formerly Pegu).
The dominant ethnic group is
Bamar
The Bamar (, ; also known as the Burmans) are a Sino-Tibetan ethnic group native to Myanmar (formerly Burma) in Southeast Asia. With approximately 35 million people, the Bamar make up the largest ethnic group in Myanmar, constituting 68% of th ...
, although there is a substantial number of
Karen
Karen may refer to:
* Karen (name), a given name and surname
* Karen (slang), a term and meme for a demanding woman displaying certain behaviors
People
* Karen people, an ethnic group in Myanmar and Thailand
** Karen languages or Karenic l ...
. The town's main economy consists of
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 ...
cultivation and distribution.
Etymology
The name Pyuntaza comes from the
Mon language
The Mon language (, mnw, ဘာသာမန်, links=no, (Mon-Thai ဘာသာမည်) ; my, မွန်ဘာသာ; th, ภาษามอญ; formerly known as Peguan and Talaing) is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Mon peopl ...
term ''plaem sotchaek'' ( , ), which means "to break vows."
History
In the colonial era, Pyuntaza was administered as a township of
Pegu District in
Lower Burma
Lower Myanmar ( my, အောက်မြန်မာပြည်, also called Lower Burma) is a geographic region of Myanmar and includes the low-lying Irrawaddy Delta (Ayeyarwady Region, Ayeyarwady, Bago Region, Bago and Yangon Regions), as we ...
, covering an area of and consisting of 232 villages.
The township's population in 1901 was 52,952 persons, having more than doubled since 1891 (23,132).
The western flank of the former Pyuntaza Township is hilly, while the eastern half is a flat rice-producing area.
From 1920 to 1931, with the emergence of a national railway system extending north–south, Pyuntaza emerged as a railway center town, along with neighbouring
Daik-U. By rail, Pyuntaza was from
Rangoon
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 ...
(now Yangon).
During
World War II
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, prominent Burmese barrister U
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retreated to Pyuntaza as his place of retirement.
References
Populated places in Bago Region
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