Myinmu Township
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Myinmu Township is a
The nearest settlement to the town of Myinmu is Paledan, a river village to the east. Other settlements of note in the township are Allagappa to the west, Tizaung to the northeast and Ngaizun several miles away on the opposite side of the river from the main town. Apart from the Irrawaddy River, the Mu River also flows about 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) away from the town. The nearest airport to the town is the Mandalay International Airport (MDL), which is 69.7 kilometres (43.3 mi) away.[3]
Geography
Myinmu Township has an area of about 330 square miles (850 km2). It has about 35 village tracts.[4]
Mu River in the north-central Myanmar, runs on the right bank of Myinmu Township and joins the Irrawaddy River on the south, near this town; the river has a length of 175 km The river is navigable for boats up to Shebo District. The Kabo Weir across this river is used to cross for approaching the Shwebo Irrigation Project which was built to meet the irrigation needs of this Dry Zone. The Kabo Weir however, was constructed by the British colonial administration between 1901–1907.[5][6]
History
Myingu township was occupied by
One of the earliest cooperatives in Burma was established in Myinmu Township in March 1905 with 19 members. Patterned on the
Economy
Myinmu and the surrounding township rely on agriculture for their livelihoods and are located relatively close to the market in
The agricultural economy of the township got a boost with assistance provided by the
Further, an irrigation project was built to provide irrigation facilities to 25,000 acres (10,000 ha) of land, which enabled double cropping on the lands with mixed crops. The earth dam (90 feet (27 m) in height and 4,000 feet (1,200 m) long) built for the purpose is called the Letpan Dam, which created a storage of 4,910 acre-feet (6,060,000 m3) to provide for irrigation.[13]
References
- ^ Volume 18 of Imperial Gazetteer of India, Sir William Stevenson Meyer Gazetteers of British India, 1833-1962. Clarendon Press. 1908. p. 134.
- ^ ISBN 9781840222142.
- ^ "Myinmu". Traveling link. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
- ISBN 0-89148-068-4. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
- ^ "Irrigation Works in Myanmar". Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, 2004. Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- ^ "Mu River". Encyclopædia Britannica online. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
- ISBN 0-415-34482-4.
- ISBN 978-87-7694-040-9.
- ISBN 0-275-98003-0.
- ISBN 971-22-0093-0.
- ^ Burma. Dept. of Agriculture (1910). Agricultural survey, Issues 1-4. Supdt., Govt. Print. and Stationery. p. 54. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
- ^ "Animal rearing, mushroom growing projects aimed at reducing poverty". Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 2012-11-20. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Internal Developments". Opening of Letpan Dam in Myinmu Township. Embassy Newsletter Issue No.1. January 2004. Archived from the original on May 18, 2006. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
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External links
- Maplandia World Gazetteer - map showing the township boundary