Danubyu ( my, ဓနုဖြူမြို့ ) is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares ...

in the Ayeyarwady Division of south-west

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

, located on the west bank of the Ayeyarwaddy River in the Ayeyarwaddy Delta. It is the seat of the Danubyu Township in the

Maubin District Maubin District ( my, မအူပင်ခရိုင် ) is a district in Ayeyarwady Division, Myanmar. It consists of 39 wards, 235 village groups and 1642 villages organized into four townships - Maubin, Pantanaw, Nyaungdon Nyaungdon ( my, ...

History

After the loss to the British in the Battle of Yangon during the First Anglo-Burmese War, Maha Bandula retreated to Danubyu. He quickly built a fort using local trees and built up a strong stockade with 10,000 troops. When the British arrived in early 1825, they started a siege but was unable to break through Bandula's defences after a few months despite their superior weaponry. During the Battle of Danubyu, Bandula defended against the first attack but lost after a failed counter-charge with elephants. Bandula was killed in Danubyu by a mortar shell while walking around in the open against the warning of his generals in an attempt to boost morale.

Economy

As the area around Danubyu is fertile and nutrient-rich, agriculture is the town's main industry. Major crops include

rice Rice is the seed of the grass species '' Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly '' Oryza glaberrima'' (African rice). The name wild rice is usually used for species of the genera '' Zizania'' and ''Porteresia'', both wild and domestica ...

and Matpe beans. Danubyu also has produces tobacco as well as traditional carpet-weaving.မြန်မာ့စွယ်စုံကျမ်း၊ အတွဲ(၅)

References

Township capitals of Myanmar Populated places in Ayeyarwady Region {{Ayeyarwady-geo-stub