Thayet (; pronounced ) is a capital city in
Thayet District
Thayet District (; also Thayetmyo District) is a district of the Magway Region in central Myanmar. The administrative centre is the town of Thayet.
History
Upon the annexation of Pegu by the British in 1852–53, Thayet was a subdivision of ...
of
Magway Region
Magway Region (, ; formerly Magway Division) is an administrative divisions of Myanmar, administrative division in central Myanmar. It is the second largest of Myanmar's seven divisions, with an area of . Pa-de Dam (ပဒဲဆည်) is one of ...
in central
Myanmar
Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...
(Burma). It is a port on the right (western) bank of the
Irrawaddy River
The Irrawaddy River (, , Ayeyarwady) is the principal river of Myanmar, running through the centre of the country. Myanmar’s most important commercial waterway, it is about 1,350 miles (2,170 km) long. Originating from the confluence of the ...
, across and just south of
Allanmyo, between
Pyay (Prome) and
Magway. Thayet is the administrative seat of both Thayet District and
Thayet Township
Thayet Township () is a Townships of Burma, township of Thayet District in the Magway Region of Burma, Burma (Myanmar). It lies on the west side of the Irrawaddy River, Irrawaddy. The major town and administrative center is Thayet. Notable peaks a ...
. , the population was 20,251 in the city proper.
Geography
On the west are the
Arakan Mountains
The Arakan Mountains, natively referred as Rakhine Yoma () and technically known as the Southern Indo-Burman Range, are a mountain range in western Myanmar, between the coast of Rakhine State and the Central Myanmar Basin, in which flows the Irra ...
, and on the east the
Pegu Range, and the face of the country is otherwise broken by low ranges of hills, many of which have no vegetation. The greater part of the district is wooded, and the ranges east and west are covered with forests. The chief river is the Irrawaddy, which traverses Thayet from north to south.
Several salt and hot springs exist. The principal wild animals are elephants, rhinoceros, tigers, leopards, black bears and wild hog. During the 19th century, the chief products were rice, cotton, oil-seeds and tobacco; cutch was also very abundant, and the manufacture of the dye-stuff was carried on extensively. Three oil-wells were sunk in 1883 at Pedaukpin, but they were found unprofitable and abandoned.
History
On the annexation of Pegu by the British in 1852–53, Thayet (then called ''Thayetmyo'') was formed into a subdivision of Prome district; and in 1870 it was erected into a separate jurisdiction and placed under a deputy-commissioner. It was formerly in the Irrawaddy division of Lower Burma, but was transferred to Upper Burma for administrative purposes in 1896.
In the early 20th century, the area contained the wing of a British battalion and a local regiment.
Industry
In the 1960s limestone quarries a few miles south of Thayet were developed to supply the town's cement factory.
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External links
"Thayetmyo Map — Satellite Images of Thayetmyo"Maplandia
Populated places in Thayet District
Township capitals of Myanmar
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