Pantanaw Township
Pantanaw Township
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Pantanaw Township (
The third secretary-general of the United Nations, U Thant was a native of the city of Pantanaw and was known in Burmese naming convention as Pantanaw U Thant.[3] The renowned modern painter Ba Nyan was also born in Pantanaw.[4] The township is also known for its traditional murta mat production and the industry remains prevalent in many villages throughout the township.[5]
History
The town of Pantanaw possibly traces back to the Mon kingdom period as the towns' name derives from a Mon phrase meaning "Near the opening". Pantanaw Township as an administrative unit was first created in 1852 as a district within Pegu Division within Lower Burma by the British after the Second Anglo-Burmese War. Pantanaw Township was placed under the newly created Irrawaddy Division in 1881.[1]
Pantanaw was the site of several independence events in the early 20th century. Future United Nations Secretary-General U Thant and future
After the
Geography
Pantanaw Township is located in the low-lying
The township is prone to
Demographics
Year | Pantanaw Township | ±% |
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2014 | 264,596 | — |
2018 | 275,321 | +4.1% |
2019 | 275,675 | +0.1% |
Source: Ministry of Labor, Immigration, and Population[10] and General Administration Department data[1] |
Pantanaw Township is mostly rural with 92.5% of the population living outside of urban areas. The mean household size is 4.3 and there are 94 males for every 100 females within the township. School attendance rates for children in the township over the age of 11 are lower than the national average.[10] The majority religion is Buddhism, practiced by about 85.0% of the population with the second largest religious group being Christians at 10.6% of the population. Pantanaw township is one of the few townships in the Bamar-majority regions of Myanmar that is not Bamar majority itself. Instead, Karen people comprise 50.72% of the township's population.[1]
Economy
The economy of Pantanaw Township is primarily
The history of land confiscations in the township, combined with the almost entirely agrarian economy of the township has created poor socioeconomic conditions where many farmers end up in circles of depths and loans. Without a sense of power over their own livelihoods, many seek to use strategies of diversification, migration and dependency to get out of the negative circle of debt.[11]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Myanmar Information Management Unit (September 2019). Pantanaw Myone Daethasaingyarachatlatmya ပန်းတနော်မြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ [Pantanaw Township Regional Information] (PDF) (Report). MIMU. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ "Myanmar: Administrative Division (Districts and Townships) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". Citypopulation.de. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-58901-180-9.
- ^ "U BA NYAN (1897 - 1945)". Thavibu Gallery. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
- ^ "Mutra mat production industry of Pantanaw Township contributes to socio-economy of local people". Global New Light of Myanmar. 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Pantanaw National Day 1929". Lost Footsteps.
- ^ Yin Yin Toke; Naing Naing Aung (2020). "Estimation of Length-weight relationship and Condition factor of freshwater Commercial fish Channa striata (Bloch., 1793) from Pantanaw environs, Ayeyarwady region" (PDF). Banmaw University Research Journal. 11 (1): 227–233.
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- ^ a b "The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census: Pantanaw Township Report" (PDF). Myanmar Information Management Unit. Department of Population. October 2017.
- ^ Petri, Laurien (5 May 2017). The life we lived: a research on land confiscation and livelihood strategies of farmers in the Ayeyarwady region, Myanmar (MSc thesis). Radboud University.