Rathedaung

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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.

Rathedaung

Township of Akyab District, Lower Burma, lying between 20 15' and 21 27' N. and 92 25' and 92 52' E., with an area of 1,269 square miles. The population was 92,933 in 1891, and 113,098 in 1901. It comprises the whole of the valley of the Mayu river, lies for the most part low, and is the most populous and growing township in the District. There are 545 villages ; and the head-quarteis are at Rathedaung (population, 1,189), on the eastern bank of the Mayu river. The area cultivated m 1903-4 was 237 square miles, paying Rs 3,67,000 land revenue The township was split up m 1906 into Rathedaung and BUTHIDAUNG. The reduced charge has an area of 506 square miles and a population (1901) of 53,332