Taungdwingyi 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.
Taungdwingyi Town
Head-quarters of the subdivision of the same name in the Satthwa township of Magwe District, Upper Burma, situated in 20° N. and 95° 33’' E., in the centre of the country watered by the Yin and its tributaries, rather more than 40 miles to the south- east of Magwe town. Population (1901), 5,941. Taungdwingyi was occupied in the expedition of 1885-6, and was until 1888 the head-quarters of a District made up of the greater part of what is now Magwe District. The town is a fairly prosperous trade centre, has a large bazar, and does a steady trade in cart-wheels and lacquered wood ware. It was constituted a municipality in 1887. During the ten years ending 1901 the income and expenditure averaged a little more than Rs. 12,000. In 1903-4 the receipts were Rs. 15,300, bazar rents, &c., producing Rs. 12,100; and the expenditure was Rs. 14,900, the chief items of outlay being Rs. 3,800 on the town hospital and Rs. 2,900 each on conservancy and public works. The hospital has 30 beds. A jail is still maintained at Taungdwingyi, one of the survivals from the time when the town was the head-quarters of a District.
