Thayetchaung

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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.

Thayetchaung

Coast township in the south of Tavoy District, Lower Burma, lying between 13° 16' and 14° 2' N. and 98" 13' and 98° 44' E., with an area of 791 square miles. The population was 30,673 in 1891, and 30,424 in 1901. In the latter year it was known as the South-eastern township, and contained 91 villages, one of the largest of which was Thayetchaung (population, 1,108), the head- quarters, which lies close to the left bank of the Tavoy river, about 15 miles nearer the sea than Tavoy town. Except near the sea, the township is very hilly. 'J1ie population is for the most part Burman, but there is a fair proportion of Karens. The area cultivated in 1903-4 was 59 square miles, paying Rs. 78,000 land revenue.