Sagaing Region
Sagaing Region
စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်းဒေသကြီး | |
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Region | |
Myanma transcription(s) | |
• Burmese | cac kuing: tuing: desa. kri: |
• Religions | Buddhism 92.2% Christianity 6.5% Islam 1.1% Hinduism 0.1% Animism 0.1%[2] |
Time zone | UTC+06:30 (MST) |
ISO 3166 code | MM-01 |
HDI (2017) | 0.547[3] low · 9th |
Website | sagaingregion |
Sagaing Region (
History
0 - 1200 A.D
The
1287 - 1900
After the fall of Pagan in 1287, the northwestern parts of Upper Myanmar came under the
In the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, Sagaing Region, which is part of the Bamar homeland, emerged as a stronghold of resistance against military rule. Myanmar Armed Forces have engaged in significant military offensives throughout the region to quell resistance and intimidate local villagers. Sagaing Region has since become the site of several high-profile massacres by military forces, including the 2022 Let Yet Kone massacre and the 2023 Tar Taing massacre.[5][6]
Administrative divisions
As of 2022, Sagaing Region consists of 13 districts and 1 Self-Administered Zone divided into 34 townships.
In August 2010,[8] three former townships of Hkamti District were transferred, in accordance with the 2008 constitution,[9] to a new administrative unit, the Naga Self-Administered Zone.[8]
Government
Executive
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Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1973 | 3,119,054 | — |
1983 | 3,862,172 | +23.8% |
2014 | 5,325,347 | +37.9% |
Source: 2014 Myanmar Census[1] |
The
Religion
According to the
According to the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee’s 2016 statistics, 55,041 Buddhist monks were registered in Sagaing Region, comprising 10.3% of Myanmar's total Sangha membership, which includes both novice samanera and fully-ordained bhikkhu.[12] The majority of monks belong to the Thudhamma Nikaya (83.8%), followed by Shwegyin Nikaya (16.1%), with the remainder of monks belonging to other small monastic orders.[12] 9,915 thilashin were registered in Sagaing Region, comprising 16.4% of Myanmar's total thilashin community.[12]
Ecology
There are a number of protected areas in Sagaing Region, among them are
Transport
Hemmed in by two great rivers of Myanmar, the Irrawaddy and the Chindwin, river transport is a common way to move people and cargo. Much of the inland Sagaing Region relies on roads and rail in poor condition.
Economy
Agriculture is the chief occupation. The leading crop is
Forestry is important in the wetter upper regions along the
Education
Educational opportunities in Myanmar are extremely limited outside the main cities of Yangon and Mandalay. According to official statistics, less than 10% of primary school students in Sagaing Region reach high school.[19]
AY 2002–2003 | Primary | Middle | High |
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Schools | 3854 | 190 | 84 |
Teachers | 16,100 | 5000 | 1600 |
Students | 550,000 | 140,000 | 49,000 |
Sagaing Region has three national "professional" universities in the
Healthcare
The general state of healthcare 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.[20][21] Although healthcare 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 healthcare infrastructure outside of Yangon and Mandalay is extremely poor. In 2003, Sagaing Region had less than a quarter of the number of hospital beds counted in Yangon Region, with a similar size of population.[22]
2002–2003 | # Hospitals | # Beds |
---|---|---|
Specialist hospitals | 0 | 0 |
General hospitals with specialist services | 2 | 400 |
General hospitals | 38 | 1168 |
Health clinics | 48 | 768 |
Total | 88 | 2336 |
References
- ^ a b "The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census Highlights of the Main Results Census Report Volume 2 – A" (PDF). The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census - The Union Report - Census Report Volume 2 [EN/MY]. Department of Population Ministry of Immigration and Population. p. 6. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
- ^ "The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census- The Union Report: Religion" (PDF). myanmar.unfpa.org. Department of Population Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population MYANMAR. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- ^ http://www.mrtv3.net.mm/newpaper/68newsm.pdf Page 3 Col 1
- ^ Maung Shwe Wah (2023-03-11). "In Myanmar's heartland, new horrors from a junta struggling for control". Myanmar NOW. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
- ^ "The Tabayin School Attack". Myanmar Witness. 2022-11-23. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
- ^ "Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map" Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
- ^ a b "တိုင်းခုနစ်တိုင်းကို တိုင်းဒေသကြီးများအဖြစ် လည်းကောင်း၊ ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရ တိုင်းနှင့် ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရ ဒေသများ ရုံးစိုက်ရာ မြို့များကို လည်းကောင်း ပြည်ထောင်စုနယ်မြေတွင် ခရိုင်နှင့်မြို့နယ်များကို လည်းကောင်း သတ်မှတ်ကြေညာ". Weekly Eleven News (in Burmese). 2010-08-20. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
- ^ ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေ (၂၀၀၈ ခုနှစ်) (in Burmese) [0]=1|2008 Constitution PDF Archived 2011-05-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b c "The Account of Wazo Monks and Nuns in 1377 (2016 year)". State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee. 2016. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
- ^ "Mahamyaing Wildlife Sanctuary" BirdLife IBA Factsheet
- ^ "Htamanthi Wildlife Sanctuary" BirdLife IBA Factsheet
- ^ a b c Frontier (2023-03-27). "'No one can stop it': Illegal logging surges in Myanmar's conflict zones". Frontier Myanmar. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
- ^ "From Taiwan to Turkey and beyond: How Deforestation Inc exposed the teak trade from Myanmar". ICIJ. 2023-03-07. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
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- ^ "PPI: Almost Half of All World Health Spending is in the United States". 2007-01-17. Archived from the original on 2008-02-05.
- ^ Yasmin Anwar (2007-06-28). "Burma junta faulted for rampant diseases". UC Berkeley News.
- ^ "Hospitals and Dispensaries by State and Division". Myanmar Central Statistical Organization. Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2009-04-11.