Myaing

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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.

Myaing

Eastern township of Pakokku District, Upper Burma, lying between 21° 24' and 21° 51' N. and 94° 2,2! and 95° 2' E., with an area of 825 square miles. The township is undulating in contour, rising gradually towards the Tangyi range of hills that bounds it on the west, and has a very meagre rainfall. The population was 47,111 in 1891, and 71,976 in 1901, distributed in 295 villages. Myaing (popu- lation, 610), a village 25 miles north-west of Pakokku, is the head- quarters. The area cultivated in 1903-4 was 215 square miles, and the land revenue and thathameda amounted to Rs. 1,53,000.