Sagaing Township

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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.

Sagaing Township

Township of Sagaing District, Upper Burma, between the bend of the Irrawaddy on the east and the Mu river on the west, It lies between 21 50' and 22 15' N. and 95 38' and 96 4' E., with an aiea of 485 square miles. The township is level through- out, save for a fringe of low hills running parallel to the Irrawaddy up its eastern edge. The population was 66,989 in 1891, and 77,578 in 1901, distributed in one town, SAGAING (population, 9,643), the head-quarteis, and 211 villages. The area cultivated in 1903-4 was 177 square miles, and the land revenue and thathameda amounted to Rs. 1,97,500.