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Encyclopedia Britannica



PROME

This article appears in Volume V22, Page 435 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PRE-PYR
PROME , the
chief
  town of the
district
 , is situated on the left bank of the
Irrawaddy
 , 161 m. N. of
Rangoon
 , population (1901), 27,375.
To the
south
  and
south
 -
east
  the town is closed in by low pagoda-topped hills, on one of which stands the conspicuous gilded Shwe Tsan-daw. The town was taken by the British in 1825 and again in 1852, on both occasions with hardly any opposition. In 1862 it was almost entirely destroyed by fire, and was afterwards relaid out in straight and broad streets. It was erected into a municipality in 1874, and since then
great
  improvements have been made, including waterworks. Its
principal
  manufactures are
silk
  cloths and lacquer
ware
 . It is the terminus of a railway from
Rangoon
 , which runs through the
district
 . The other
chief
  towns in the district are Shwedaung (pop. 10,787) and Paungde (pop. 11,105).


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