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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PAS-PER |
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PEGU , a town and former capital of Lower Burma, giving its name to a district
Rangoon
Rangoon
capital of the Talaings; but it was as the capital of the Toungoo dynasty that it became known to Europeans in the 16th century. About the middle of the 18th century it was destroyed by Alompra; but it rose again, and was important enough to be the scene of fighting in both the first and second Burmese Wars. It gave its name to the province (including Rangoon) which was annexed by the British in 1852.The district
tract
rice
The division of Pegu comprises the five districts of Rangoon city, Hanthawaddy
east
Irrawaddy
Pegu has also given its name to the Pegu Yoma, a range of hills running north and south
Irrawaddy
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