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SAGAING

This article appears in Volume V23, Page 1001 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SAC-SAR
SAGAING , a
district
  and division of Upper Burma, lying to the
south
  and west of Mandalay. The
district
  has ass area of 1862 sq. m.; pop. (1901) 282,658, showing an increase of 15% in the decade. It occupies both banks of the
Irrawaddy
 , at its confluence with the river Chindwin. The
chief
  crops are sesamum, millet,
rice
 , peas, wheat and
cotton
 . The total rainfall in 1905 was 34.76 in., taken at Sagaing. In the hot season the maximum shade temperature rises to a little over loci F. The lowest readings in the cold season average about 56 F.
Sagaing, the headquarters town, is opposite Ava, a few miles below Mandalay; pop. (1901) 9643, It was formerly a
capital
  of Burma. It is the terminus of the railway to Myitkyina. A steam ferry connects with the
Rangoon
 -Mandalay line, and the steamers of the
Irrawaddy
  Flotilla Company
call
  daily.
The Sagaing division includes the four districts of Upper and Lower Chindwin, Shwebo and Sagaing; area, 29,566 sq. m.; pop. (1901) 1,000,483.


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