Magway Region

Coordinates: 20°15′N 94°45′E / 20.250°N 94.750°E / 20.250; 94.750
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Magway Region
မကွေးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး
Region
Myanma transcription(s)
 • Burmesema. kwe: tuing: desa. kri:
Border of Magway Region and Naypyidaw Union Territory
Border of Magway Region and Naypyidaw Union Territory
Bamar, Chin, Rakhine, Shan, Karen
 • ReligionsBuddhism 98.8%
Christianity 0.7%
Islam 0.3%
Hinduism 0.1%
animism 0.1%
Time zoneUTC+06:30 (MST)
HDI (2017)0.560[2]
medium · 6th

Magway Region (

Aunglan, Yenangyaung, Taungdwingyi, Chauk, Minbu, Thayet and Gangaw
.

Geography

Magway Region sits approximately between north latitude 18° 50' to 22° 47' and east longitude 93° 47' to 95° 55'. It is bordered by Sagaing Region to the north, Mandalay Region to the east, Bago Region to the south, and Rakhine State and Chin State to the west.

History

Fossils of the early primates over 40 million years old were excavated in the Pondaung and Ponnya areas from Pakokku District in Magway Region, leading the government to proclaim that Myanmar as "the birthplace of humanity in the world," a claim which is unsupported by anthropologists. An ancient city of the Pyu
, Peikthano-myo, about 2,000 years old, is located in Taungdwingyi Township, Magway Region.

The history of Magway Region mirrors that of the other divisions of central Burma. The ancient name of Magway Region is Minbu Region (or) Minbu Province. Minbu Region was established with 3 districts. They are Minbu District, Thayet District, and Yenangyaung District.Its capital city was

Chauk township
was moved to Yenangyaung District from Myingyan District.

On 2 March 1962, the military led by General Ne Win took control of Burma through a coup d'état, and the government has been under direct or indirect control by the military. A new constitution of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma was adopted in 1974.

The name of Minbu Region was changed to Magway Region and Yenangyaung District was abolished.

Magway
.

In 4 April 1996, Pakokku District was divided into two districts: Pakokku District and Gangaw District. Currently, Magway Region has a total of 5 districts and 25 townships.

Administrative divisions

Magway Region's districts are

Magwe (2020 urban population estimated as 85,214) and its largest city is Pakokku
(2020 urban population estimated as 107,890).

Other major cities are

Aunglan (2020 urban population estimated as 52,431), Yenangyaung (2020 urban population estimated as 49,938), Taungdwingyi (2020 urban population estimated as 47,739), Chauk (2020 urban population estimated as 47,568) and Minbu
(2020 urban population estimated as 40,304).

List of cities and towns by urban population (2020, September Estimate)
Rank City District 2014 Census (2020 Estimate) 1993 Estimate Change
1 Pakokku Pakokku District 107,890 90,783 +18.84%
2 Magway Magway District 85,214 72,388 +17.72%
3 Aunglan Thayet District 52,431 43,223 +21.30%
4 Yenangyaung Magway District 49,938 90,845 −45.03%
5 Taungdwingyi Magway District 47,739 52,335 −8.78%
6 Chauk Magway District 47,568 67,845 −29.89%
7 Minbu Minbu District 40,304 42,809 −5.85%
8 Yesagyo Pakokku District 24,428 23,329 +4.71%
9 Salin Minbu District 20,329 12,158 +67.21%
10 Thayet Thayet District 20,182 46,361 −56.47%
11 Natmauk Magway District 14,523 14,737 −1.45%
12 Gangaw Gangaw District 12,829 13,955 −8.07%
13 Minhla Thayet District 12,577 12,510 +0.54%
14 Myothit Magway District 9,197 8,080 +13.82%
15 Seikphyu Pakokku District 9,165 9,081 +0.93%
16 Myaing Pakokku District 8,328 7,706 +8.07%
17 Pauk Pakokku District 8,048 7,286 +10.46%
18 Pwintbyu Minbu District 6,575 5,350 +22.90%
19 Saw Gangaw District 5,944 7,078 −16.02%
20 Sidoktaya Minbu District 5,862 6,514 −10.01%
21 Mindon Thayet District 5,401 5,098 +5.94%
22 Kamma Thayet District 5,146 5,202 −1.08%
23 Sinbaungwe Thayet District 5,025 4,996 +0.58%
24 Htilin Gangaw District 4,810 4,348 +10.63%
25
Ngape
 Minbu District 4,223 6,514 −35.17%

Government

Executive

Magway Region Government

Legislature

See also: Magway Region Hluttaw

Judiciary

Magway Region High Court

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19732,634,757—    
19833,243,166+23.1%
20143,917,055+20.8%
Source: 2014 Myanmar Census[1]

Demographics

The population of Magway Region is 3,912,711 in 2014. Over 95% the people are

Anglo-Burmese
population, descended from Western oil workers and their Burmese partners.

Religion

Religion in Magway Region (2014)[3]

  Buddhism (98.8%)
  Christianity (0.7%)
  Islam (0.3%)
  Tribal religion (0.1%)
  Hindu (0.1%)

According to the

2014 Myanmar Census, Buddhists make up 98.8% of Magway Region’s population, forming the largest religious community there.[4] Minority religious communities include Christians (0.7%), Muslims (0.3%), Hindus (0.1%), and animists (0.1%) who collectively comprise the remainder of Magway Region’s population.[4]

According to the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee’s 2016 statistics, 31,349 Buddhist monks were registered in Magway Region, comprising 5.9% of Myanmar's total Sangha membership, which includes both novice samanera and fully-ordained bhikkhu.[5] The majority of monks belong to the Thudhamma Nikaya (97%), followed by Shwegyin Nikaya (2.4%), with the remainder of monks belonging to other small monastic orders.[5] 2,473 thilashin were registered in Magway Region, comprising 4.1% of Myanmar’s total thilashin community.[5]

Transport

The

Thayetmyo. Pakokku's river port is a major port of Magway Region and the third most important river port in Myanmar after Yangon port and Mandalay
port.

The major form of transport for non-Irrawaddy areas is by road. The road system is less developed on the western side of the river. The towns are connected with two-lane roads. Most towns have regular bus transportation to

Rangoon (Yangon) and Mandalay.Pakokku Bridge is part of the India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway
and is the longest bridge in Myanmar.

[6]

Myanmar Railways
station map
Division 10 Pakokku

The

Kyaw.[7]

The capital Magway has a small non-commercial airport with air traffic for the city of Magway mostly coming in through Bagan Airport at

Nyaung U some 113 km to the north along the Irrawaddy. There are commercial airports at Gangaw, Kyauktu,[8] Pakokku, and Pauk.[7] As of 2018, however, none of them have regularly scheduled flights. Pakokku
airport, however, plans to upgrade to an international airport soon.

Economy

Oil wells in Yenangyaung during the early 20th century.

The principal product of Magway Region is petroleum. It produces most of the oil and natural gas in Burma. Magway Region's oil fields are located in Mann, Yenangyaung, Chauk, Kyauk-khwet, Letpando and Ayadaw.[9]

In May 2002,

edible oil
as well as petroleum, hence gaining its reputation as the "oil pot of Myanmar".

Pakokku is the largest rice market city of

myrobalan
) fruit.

Only Pakokku and Yenangyaung have industrial zones.

The Largest Rice Market of Upper Myanmar

Pakokku is the biggest rice market in Upper Myanmar due to the rice requirement of the region itself and being a door to Chin State which also needs rice. Of the incoming rice to Pakokku, 70% is from the Ayeyawady Region (Myaungmya, Hinthada and Myanaung) and 30% is from Shwebo and Ye-U of the Sagaing Region. Some 20% of rice coming into the market of Pakokku is consumed by Pakokku itself, and the remaining 80% is sent to other township markets. Most buyers are from Myaing, Yesagyo, Pauk, Myingyan, Kalaymyo and Chin State. In the Pakokku market, consumption is 15% for top class, 50% for middle class and 35% for lower class rice. There are about 5 large rice wholesalers and 10 small rice wholesalers. A large rice wholesaler sells 500 to 1,500 bags per day, so it can sell 180,000 to 200,000 bags (9,000-10,000 tons) a year. Due to the smooth transportation and the booming market, the rice price becomes very high. Thus, the rice market in Pakokku has increased to double that of the Mandalay market.

Education

See also:
List of universities in Magway Division

As of 2002, Magway Region have 3859 schools, of which only 70 are high schools.[11] Only about 10% of the division's primary school students reach high school.

AY 2002-2003 Primary Middle High
Schools 3605 184 70
Teachers 14,800 3730 1377
Students 428,000 128,000 44,000

Most of 12 colleges and universities in the division are located in

Magway, Pakokku and Yenangyaung
.

Health care

The general state of health care in Myanmar is poor. The military government spends anywhere from 0.5% to 3% of the country's GDP on health care, consistently ranking among the lowest in the world.[12][13] Although health care is nominally free, in reality, patients have to pay for medicine and treatment, even in public clinics and hospitals. Public hospitals lack many of the basic facilities and equipment. Moreover, the health care infrastructure outside of Yangon and Mandalay is extremely poor. As of 2003, Magway Region had less than a quarter of hospital beds than Yangon Region with a slightly greater population.[14]

2002–2003 # Hospitals # Beds
Specialist hospitals 0 0
General hospitals with specialist services 3 550
General hospitals 25 750
Health clinics 36 576
Total 64 1916

Notable sites

  • Fort Min Hla and Fort Kway Chaung: Two late-Konbaung-era forts built to resist a British invasion. The first is situated in the town of Minhla, while the latter is located at opposite bank of the Irrawaddy river.
  • Thihoshin Pagoda: Famous Buddhist pagoda in Pakokku, built by King Alaungsithu.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Census Report. The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census. Vol. 2. Naypyitaw: Ministry of Immigration and Population. May 2015. p. 17.
  2. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  3. ^ Department of Population Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population MYANMAR (July 2016). The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census Census Report Volume 2-C. Department of Population Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population MYANMAR. pp. 12–15.
  4. ^ a b The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census Census Report Volume 2-C (PDF). Department of Population Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population. July 2016. pp. 12–15.
  5. ^ a b c "The Account of Wazo Monks and Nuns in 1377 (2016 year)". State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee. 2016. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  6. ^ Division 10 Pakokku
  7. ^ a b "Map of Magway Division" Myanmar's Net
  8. ^ "Burma Airports: Kyauktu Airport Map" Maplandia
  9. OCLC 50131671
  10. ^ "Burma's Nuclear Ambition". Irrawaddy May 30, 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-03.
  11. ^ "Education statistics by level and by State and Division". Myanmar Central Statistical Organization. Archived from the original on 2008-05-24. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
  12. ^ "PPI: Almost Half of All World Health Spending is in the United States". 2007-01-17. Archived from the original on 2008-02-05.
  13. ^ Yasmin Anwar (2007-06-28). 06.28.2007 "Burma junta faulted for rampant diseases". UC Berkeley News. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help)
  14. ^ "Hospitals and Dispensaries by State and Division". Myanmar Central Statistical Organization. Archived from the original on 2011-04-30. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
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