Magwe Town, 1908
Magwe Town
This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Head-quarters of the District and township of the same name in Upper Burma, situated in 20° 9' N. and 94° 55' E.^ Population (1901), 6,232. It consists of a group of villages, collected round the civil station on the eastern bank of the Irrawaddy, the main feature, as seen from the river, being the Myathalun pagoda built on a slight eminence. The town has one main street running parallel with the bank, with many minor thoroughfares behind ; and the surrounding country is dry, open, and rolling, divided into fields by hedges. River steamers are prevented by the formation of large sandbanks from coming alongside at the town, and have to stop at Mingin, about 3 miles lower down. The town is said to have been founded in the twelfth century, but has no history. The civil station contains the usual offices, a jail, and barracks for the civil and military police. The affairs of Magwe are administered by a town committee of five members, constituted in 1901. The fund controlled by this committee had, in 1903-4, an income of Rs. 11,500 and an expendi- ture of Rs. 10,400. The civil hospital has 22 beds, and is supported entirely by Provincial funds and private subscriptions.
