Pyawbwe

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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.

Pyawbwe

Northern township of Yamethin District, Upper Burma, lying almost entirely east of the railway, between 20 30' and 2o44'N. and 95 $9' and 96 $2' E., with an area of 324 square miles. The population was 4i,53 6 m 1891, and 42,495 in 1901, distributed in 211 villages. The head-quaiters are at Pyawbwe (population, 6,379) on the railway. The greater part of the township is level and dry, but in the east on the borders of the Shan States there are hills The township contained 58 square miles under cultivation in 1903-4, and the land revenue and thathameda amounted to Rs 78,000.