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Kyangin
Kyangin () is a town in northern Ayeyarwady Region, south-west Myanmar. It is the seat of the Kyangin Township in the Myanaung District. The town is located on the western bank of the Irrawaddy River in the eastern part of its township and has 3 urban wards. History The town was first settled in 1250 by the Mon people. In 1753, during the Konbaung Dynasty, the area was supplanted by mostly Bamar people. The name Kyangin comes from its original Mon name (Krakeng) translating to mean either crocodile guard or crocodile tax-office. The town was incorporated in 1780 (1150 Myanmar Era) and placed under the regional control of Thrarrawddy before becoming receiving its own myoza in 1829. In 1886, the municipal government of Kyangin was incorporated during British rule in Burma. In the 20th century, Kyangin was a steamship port due to its location on the Irrawaddy between the cities of Hinthada and Pyay Demographics The 1954 census recorded 6,040 people in the town of Kyangin. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyangin Township
Kyangin Township () is a township of Myanaung District in the northern Ayeyarwaddy Region, Myanmar. Before 2022, the township was part of Hinthada District. Kyangin Township is the northernmost township of Ayeyarwaddy Region. Its western border with Rakhine State follows the Arakan Mountains dividing it from Taungup Township. It borders Bago Region's Pandaung Township to the north and Shwedaung Township to east with the Irrawaddy River dividing it on the eastern border. To the south, it only borders Myanaung Township within Ayeyarwady Region. The township has 2 towns: the principal town of Kyangin and the town of Batye with 3 and 2 urban wards respectively. The township additionally has 30 village tracts grouping together 251 villages. Geography Kyangin Township's landscape is sloped with higher elevations in the north with waterways flowing southwards towards Myanaung Township and the Irrawaddy Delta. The vast majority of the townships' settlements straddle the eastern p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myanaung District
Myanaung District is a district of the Ayeyarwady Region in Myanmar. The Myanaung District is a newer district grouping three townships formerly part of Hinthada District. The main administrative GAD office was opened on July 1, 2022. The District consists of Kyangin Township Kyangin Township () is a township of Myanaung District in the northern Ayeyarwaddy Region, Myanmar. Before 2022, the township was part of Hinthada District. Kyangin Township is the northernmost township of Ayeyarwaddy Region. Its western borde ..., Myanaung Township and Ingapu Township. References Districts of Myanmar {{Myanmar-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Townships Of Myanmar
Townships (; ) are the third-level Administrative divisions of Myanmar, administrative divisions of Myanmar. They are the sub-divisions of the districts of Myanmar. According to the Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU), as of December 2015, there are 330 townships in Myanmar."Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map" Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU) Townships are the basic administrative unit of local governance and are the only type of administrative division that cover all of Myanmar. A township is administered by a township administrator, a civil servant appointed through the General Administration Department, General Administration Department (GAD) of the Ministry of Home Affairs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irrawaddy River
The Irrawaddy River (, , Ayeyarwady) is the principal river of Myanmar, running through the centre of the country. Myanmar’s most important commercial waterway, it is about 1,350 miles (2,170 km) long. Originating from the confluence of the N'Mai River, N'mai and Mali River, Mali rivers, it flows from north to south before emptying through the Irrawaddy Delta in the Ayeyarwady Region into the Andaman Sea. Its drainage basin of about covers 61% of the land area of Burma, and contains five of its largest cities. As early as the sixth century, the river was used for trade and transport, and an extensive network of irrigation, irrigation canals was developed to support agriculture. The river is still of great importance as the largest commercial waterway of Myanmar. It also provides important Ecosystem service, ecosystem services to different communities and economic sectors, including agriculture, fisheries, and tourism. In 2007, State Peace and Development Council, Myanmar's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Administrative Divisions Of Myanmar
Myanmar is divided into 21 administrative divisions, which include #Regions, States, and Union Territory, seven regions, #Regions, States, and Union Territory, seven states, Naypyidaw Union Territory, one union territory, Wa Self-Administered Division, one self-administered division, and self-administered zone, five self-administered zones. Table Following is the table of government subdivisions and its organizational structure based on different regions, states, the union territory, the self-administered division, and the self-administered zones: The regions were called divisions prior to August 2010, and four of them are named after their capital city, the exceptions being Sagaing Region, Ayeyarwady Region and Tanintharyi Region. The regions can be described as ethnically predominantly Bamar people, Burman (Bamar), while the states, the zones and Wa Division are dominated by ethnic minorities. Yangon Region has the largest population and is the most densely populated. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tharrawaddy, Myanmar
Tharrawaddy (, also spelt Thayarwaddy) is a city in western Bago Region of lower Myanmar. It is the administrative seat of Tharrawaddy District and Tharrawaddy Township. It locates on the main Yangon-Pyay road and 76 miles away at the north of Yangon. The town is divided into 8 urban wards. History The current town was built when the region was under British rule, in the first British temporary seat at Thonze. However, Thonze is populated for district offices. Therefore, the town was moved two miles north of Thonze and the new district capital was built in 1878. During the Galon Rebellion, the self-proclaimed king Saya San moved to Tharrawaddy after a coronation in Yangon in December 1930. He proclaimed a new royal city by the name of Buddharaja Myo () on Alaungtang Hill in the city, ceremoniall plotting it out with space for the proper retinue of five queens, four ministers, and four regiments. Tharrawaddy, like most of Lower Burma, suffered severe economic dislocation durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Administration Department
The General Administration Department (, abbreviated GAD) is a civil service body that staffs all regional and state-level governments in Myanmar and provides administration for the country's myriad districts and townships. It also plays a central role in administering the country's administrative capital of Naypyidaw, as the Constitution of Myanmar stipulates that the head of GAD is the secretary of the Naypyidaw Council and that the GAD offices are to be co-located with the Naypyidaw Council offices.The directors of State and Region GAD offices are also the secretaries of State and Region Government of Myanmar, State and Region governments. On 28 December 2018, it was reorganized and reinvoked under the Ministry of the Office of the Union Government (Myanmar), Ministry of the Office of the Union Government after being detached from the Ministry of Home Affairs (Myanmar), Ministry of Home Affairs. On 5 May 2021, the State Administration Council, SAC reorganized it under Ministry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyay
Pyay, and formerly anglicised as Prome, is the principal town of Pyay Township in the Bago Region in Myanmar. Pyay is located on the bank of the Irrawaddy River, north-west of Yangon. It is an important trade center for the Ayeyarwady Delta, Central and Upper Myanmar and the Rakhine (Arakan) State. The British Irrawaddy Flotilla Company established the current town in the late 19th century on the Irrawaddy as a transshipment point for cargo between Upper Burma, Upper and Lower Burma. Pyay is also the terminus of Yangon-Pyay Railway which is the first railway line in Burma (Myanmar) opened on 1 May 1877. The English novelist Jane Austen's brother Rear Admiral Charles Austen died here in 1852. Shin Raṭṭhasāra, a Buddhist monk and prominent classical poet during the Kingdom of Ava also died here in 1529 and a mausoleum was constructed to honor him. The district of Pyay encompasses the valley of the Irrawaddy, located between Thayet District, Thayet, Hinthada District, Hinthada an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hinthada
Hinthada (; formerly Henzada) is a town located on the Irrawaddy River in Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar. It is the principal town of Hinthada Township and Hinthada District. The trade of locally grown rice and grain goes through the port of Hinthada. Etymology and History Historically, Hinthada was occupied by the Mon people, and was part of the Bagan Empire. According to local histories, the town was founded by Sithu I of Bagan who rested there on a trip up the Irrawaddy River. While building a temporary palace, his male hintha bird (a quasi-legendary species of goose or swan) passed away- causing him to name the area (Hintha-ta; lit. yearn for hintha). An alternative folk etymology says it was actually Sithu IV, who stopped in the area while fleeing the first Mongol invasion of Burma. Because he found the area lacking in food for his feast and called it ဟင်းလျာတ (hin-lya-ta; lit. yearn for entrees), which later morphed into Hinthada. The last folk etymology c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Rule In Burma
British colonial rule in Burma lasted from 1824 to 1948, from the successive three Anglo-Burmese wars through the creation of ''Burma'' as a province of British India to the establishment of an independently administered colony, and finally independence. The region under British control was known as British Burma, and officially known as Burma () from 1886. Some portions of Burmese territories, including Arakan and Tenasserim, were annexed by the British after their victory in the First Anglo-Burmese War; Lower Burma was annexed in 1852 after the Second Anglo-Burmese War. These territories were designated as a chief commissioner's province known as British Burma in 1862. After the Third Anglo-Burmese War in 1885, Upper Burma was annexed, and the following year, the province of ''Burma'' in British India was created, becoming a ''major'' province (a lieutenant-governorship) in 1897. This arrangement lasted until 1937, when Burma was separated from British India and ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
