PAKOKKU

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PAKOKKU , a

district

DISTRICT

in the

Minbu

MINBU

division of Upper Burma,, lying west of the

Irrawaddy

IRRAWADDY, or IRAWADI

river and

south

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

of Mandalay, with the line of the Chin hills as a general boundary on the west. It has an area of 6210 sq. m. and a population (1901) of 356,489. The part of the

district

DISTRICT

along the

Irrawaddy

IRRAWADDY, or IRAWADI

and Chindwin rivers is alluvial. Beyond this, however, the country rises gradually to the low Shinmadaung and Tangyi ridges, where it is very arid. To the westward there is a rapid drop to the well-watered valley of the Yaw River, and then a rise over broken, dry country before the valleys of the Myit-tha and Mon rivers are reached. The principal products are millet, sesamum. and sugar produced from toddy-palms in the riverain districts, which also grow

rice

, grain, peas and beans. Tobacco and vegetables are also produced in some quantity, and maize is grown largely for the sake of the husk, which is used for native

cheroot

CHEROOT, or SHEROOT (from the Tamil word " shuruttu," a roll)

-wrappers, under the name of yaw pet. The Yenangyat oil-fields, which produce quantities of petroleum, are. in the

south

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

of the district, and iron used_ to be worked in .a small way. There are 1151 sq. m. of reserved: forests in the
district. A good deal of teak and cutch is worked out. The cutch of the Yaw country is particularly esteemed. The average rainfall does not exceed 35 in. annually, and in many places water has to be carted for miles. West of the P8ndaung

ridge

, however, under the Chin hills, the rainfall exceeds 50 inches. The heat in May and June is very

great

GREAT

, and the thermometer rises considerably above ioo F. in the shade.
The

great

GREAT

majority

MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

of the population is Burmese, but in Yaw there is a peculiar race called Taungthas, who claim to be quite distinct from both Burmese and Chins. In Igor the Taungthas numbered 5700.
The headquarters town, Pakokku, stands on the right bank of the Irrawaddy, and has grown into importance since the British occupation. It is the great boat-building centre of Upper Burma. The population in 1901 was 19,456. It may be described as the emporium of the trade of the Chindwin and, Yaw river valleys. The steamers of the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company

call

CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

here regularly, and it is the starting-point for the vessels plying on the Chindwin.

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