Thabaung Township
Thabaung Township
သာပေါင်းမြို့နယ် | |
|---|---|
UTC+6:30 (MMT ) |
Thabaung Township is a township of Pathein District in the Ayeyarwady Region of Myanmar. The principal town is Thabaung.
Thabaung Township is located in west-central Ayeyarwady Region in the northern part of Pathein District. To the south, the township borders Pathein Township and Kangyidaunt Township with the district. To the townships's east it borders Yegyi Township and Kyaunggon Township in Kyonpyaw Township. In its northwest, it borders Gwa Township in Rakhine State. The Bay of Bengal forms the Township's western shore.
The Township includes Shwethaungyan Subtownship, a unofficial division spanning the border with Pathein Township along the coast of the Bay of Bengal. The population in the area of Thabaung Township outside of the subtownship was 154,400 in 2014.[2] The subtownship is used by the Townships for statistical and administrative ease. The township as a whole is divided into 3 urban wards, 67 village tracts and 394 villages.
Geography
Thabaung Township is located in the Irrawaddy Delta spanning over the southern Arakan Mountains, which forms the dividing border defining Shwethaungyan Subtownship. The township is divided between three geophysical locations- the western coastline on the Bay of Bengal, the steep forested mountains in the west and the low-lying delta of the east.
The
The highest peak within the township is the
Economy and Demographics
| Year | Thabaung Township | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 2014 | 154,400* | — |
| 2018 | 160,239 | — |
| 2019 | 159,575 | −0.4% |
| *does not include Shwethaungyan Subtownship Source: Ministry of Labor, Immigration, and Population data,[2] General Administration Department[1] | ||
Thabaung Township is overwhelming rural with 95.5% of the population living outside the single town of Thabaung, which only has 7,120 people. The majority religion is Buddhism, which 82.45% of the population adhere to. The second most common religion is Christianity at 17.17% with only 0.4% adhering to other religions. There are 38,068 households with an average household size of 4.08 people.[1]
In 2015, 18% of the population had mobile phones in the area of the township outside Shwethaungyan Subtownship, while the subtownship had a higher 30% ownership rate. The literacy rate across the township is 94% and the median age is 27.4 years[2]
The primary industry of the township is
The township generally has slow economic development, relying almost entirely on the Ngawun waterway to trade with Pathein. There are no railways, airports or major roads within the township. The area of Shwethaungyan subtownship within Thabaung township also lacks significant tourist beaches like those found a few miles south in Chaungtha, Pathein Township.[1] Floods in the township also increasingly impact the economy by unexpected late floods ruining cultivation and high waves ruining fishing equipment. The rural communities within the township have structured responses to flooding in both official and unofficial forms. These organized responses rely on social responsibilities and charity to safely transport aid, food, healthcare and community members during floods as both an emergency response and as a social safety net.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Myanmar Information Management Unit (September 2019). Thabaung Myone Daethasaingyarachatlatmya သာပေါင်းမြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ [Thabaung Township Regional Information] (PDF) (Report). MIMU. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
- ^ a b c d Department of Population (May 2017). Thabaung Myone Asiyinkansar သာပေါင်းမြို့နယ် အစီရင်ခံစာ [Thabaung Township Report] (PDF). Open Development Myanmar (Report).
- ^ a b Kers, Marijn (June 2021). Collective Climate Action: Community Responses to Flooding in Thabaung Township in the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar (PDF) (MA). Utrecht University. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ Soe, K.K. (2020). "Climate change effects on agriculture in thabaung township, ayeyarwady region[sic], Myanmar: Challenges and perceptions of farmers". IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. 451 (1): 1-26.
- doi:10.2307/2255859.
