ပဲခူးတုိင္‌း Bago Division (MLCTS: pai: ku: tuing:) This article or section uses Burmese characters which may be rendered incorrectly. ...
Capital	Bago
Region	Lower
Area	39,404 km²
Population	5,014,000
Ethnicities	Bamar, Kayin, Mon, Shan, Indians, Chinese
Religions	Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism

Bago Division is an administrative division of Myanmar, located in the southern portion of the country. It is bordered by Magway Division and Mandalay Division to the north; Kayin State, Mon State and the Gulf of Martaban to the east; Yangon Division to the south and Ayeyarwady Division and Rakhine State to the west. It is located between 46°45'N and 19°20'N and 94°35'E and 97°10'E. Image File history File links Bagodivisionflag. ... Bago is a division of Burma. ... The Bamar (Burmese: ဗမာ; IPA: ), sometimes called Burman, are the dominant ethnic group of Myanmar, constituting approximately 68% (30,000,000) of the population. ... ကရင္‌လူမ္ယုိး Total population 7,400,000 Regions with significant populations Myanmar: 7,000,000 Thailand:  400,000 Language Karen Religion Buddhism, Christianity, Animism Related ethnic groups Padaung The Karen (Burmese: ; MLCTS: ), also known in Thailand as the Kariang (Thai: ) or Yang , are an ethnic group in Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand. ... The Mon (Burmese: ) are an ethnic group in Southeast Asia. ... The Shan (Burmese: ) are an ethnic group of Southeast Asia. ... Buddhism (also known as Buddha Dharma, meaning approximately Law of the Awakening) is a religion, a practical philosophy, and arguably a psychology, focusing on the teachings of the Buddha Śākyamuni (Siddhārtha Gautama), who lived in ancient India most likely from the mid-6th to the early 5th century BCE... For other uses, including people named Islam, see Islam (disambiguation). ... Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on Jesus of Nazareth, and on his life and teachings as presented in the New Testament. ... Hinduism (Sanskrit - Sanātana (eternal) Dharma also known as Vaidika (Vedic) Dharma) is a religion or philosophy that originated from the Indian subcontinent and nearby surrounding areas. ... File links The following pages link to this file: Bago Categories: GFDL images ... Burma is divided into 7 states and 7 divisions Categories: Myanmar ... Magway Division (also spelled Magwe) is a division located in central Myanmar between north latitude 18° 50 and 22° 47 and east longitude between 93° 47 and 95° 55. It is bordered by Sagaing Division is to its north, Mandalay Division to its east, Bago Division to its south and... Mandalay Division is an administrative division of Myanmar. ... The Kayin State is an administrative division of Myanmar and also known as Karen state. ... Mon States seal is a hintha (mythical duck), which is the symbol of the Mon people. ... The Andaman Sea is a body of water to the southeast of the Bay of Bengal, south of Myanmar and west of Thailand; it is part of the Indian Ocean. ... Yangon Division is an administrative division of Myanmar. ... Ayeyarwady Division is a division of Myanmar, occupying the delta region of the Ayeyarwady or Irrawaddy River. ... Rakhine State (Burmese: ; formerly Arakan) is a state of Myanmar. ...

Demographics

Bago Division's seal are two sibling hintha (mythical ducks), due to historic Mon influences in the area.

The total population of Bago Division is 5,014,000, with Karen, Bamar, Mon, Chin, Rakhine, Shan and Pa-O ethnic groups represented. reside in Bago Division. The majority of the people are Buddhists. Burmese language is the lingua franca. Image File history File links Seal_bagodivision. ... Image File history File links Seal_bagodivision. ... Karen can refer to the Karen people of south-east Asia. ... The Bamar (Burmese: ဗမာ; IPA: ), sometimes called Burman, are the dominant ethnic group of Myanmar, constituting approximately 68% (30,000,000) of the population. ... The Mon are an ethnic group in Southeast Asia. ... Chin may refer to: In the human anatomy, the chin is the lowermost part of the face. ... The Union of Myanmar, also known as Burma, is a country in Southeast Asia. ... The Shan (Burmese: ) are an ethnic group of Southeast Asia. ... The Pa-O (also known as Taungthu and Black Karen) form an ethnic group in Myanmar, comprising of approximately 600,000. ... Statues of Buddha such as this, the Tian Tan Buddha statue in Hong Kong, remind followers to practice right living. ... The Burmese language ( , or ) is the official language of Myanmar. ... Lingua franca, literally Frankish language in Italian, was originally a mixed language consisting largely of Italian plus a vocabulary drawn from Turkish, Persian, French, Greek and Arabic and used for communication throughout the Middle East. ...

Organisation

Bago Division occupies an area of 15,214 square miles divided into the four districts of Bago, Pyay, Thayawady and Taungoo. Bago, the divisional capital, is the fourth largest town of Myanmar. Other major cities include Taungoo and Pyay. Categories: Stub ... Taungoo (Toungoo) is a city in the Bago Division of Myanmar, located 220 km from Yangon, towards the northern end of the division, with mountain ranges to both east and west. ... Pyay (Burmese: ), formerly Prome, is a town (1983 population 83,000) and district of the Bago Division in Lower Myanmar, located some 161 km, or 7 hours north of Yangon by road, or an overnight boat trip south of Bagan. ...

Economy

The division's economy is strongly dependent on the timber trade. Taungoo, in the northern end of the Bago Division, is bordered by mountain ranges, home to teak and other hardwoods. Other natural resources include petroleum. The major crop is rice, which occupies over two-thirds of the available agricultural land. Other major crops include betel nut, sugarcane, maize, groundnut, sesamum, sunflower, beans and pulses, cotton, jute, rubber, tobacco, tapioca, banana, Nipa palm and toddy. Industry includes fisheries, salt, ceramics, sugar, paper, plywood, distilleries, and monosodium glutamate. Timber in storage for later processing at a sawmill Timber is a term used to describe wood, either standing or that has been processed for use—from the time trees are felled, to its end product as a material suitable for industrial use—as structural material for construction or wood... Species Tectona grandis Tectona hamiltoniana Tectona philippinensis Teak (Tectona), also called jati is a genus of tropical hardwood trees in the family Verbenaceae, native to the south and southeast of Asia, and is commonly found as a component of monsoon forest vegetation. ... Pumpjack pumping an oil well near Sarnia, Ontario Petroleum (from Greek petra – rock and elaion – oil or Latin oleum – oil ) or crude oil is a thick, dark brown or greenish liquid. ... Species Oryza glaberrima Oryza sativa Rice refers to two species (Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima) of grass, native to tropical and subtropical southeastern Asia and to Africa, which together provide more than one fifth of the calories consumed by humans[1]. Rice is an annual plant, growing to 1-1. ... Binomial name Areca catechu Linnaeus Areca nut, or pinang, more commonly known as betel nut, is the seed of the betel palm or Areca catechu, a species of palm tree which grows throughout the Pacific, Asia, and parts of east Africa. ... Species Saccharum arundinaceum Saccharum bengalense Saccharum edule Saccharum officinarum Saccharum procerum Saccharum ravennae Saccharum robustum Saccharum sinense Saccharum spontaneum Sugarcane or Sugar cane (Saccharum) is a genus of 6 to 37 species (depending on taxonomic interpretation) of tall grasses (family Poaceae, tribe Andropogoneae), native to warm temperate to tropical regions... Binomial name Zea mays L. Maize (Zea mays ssp. ... This article is about peanut, the food. ... Binomial name Sesamum indicum Sesame is a plant grown primarily for its oil-rich seeds. ... Binomial name Helianthus annuus L. The sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is an annual plant in the Family Asteraceae, with a large flower head (inflorescence). ... This article is on the plant. ... The Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) defines pulses as annual leguminous crops yielding from one to 12 grains or seeds of variable size, shape and colour within a pod. ... Cotton ready for harvest. ... Rubber is an elastic hydrocarbon polymer which occurs as a milky emulsion (known as latex) in the sap of several varieties of plants. ... Species Nicotiana acuminata Nicotiana alata Nicotiana attenuata Nicotiana benthamiana Nicotiana clevelandii Nicotiana excelsior Nicotiana forgetiana Nicotiana glauca Nicotiana glutinosa Nicotiana langsdorffii Nicotiana longiflora Nicotiana obtusifolia Nicotiana paniculata Nicotiana plumbagifolia Nicotiana quadrivalvis Nicotiana repanda Nicotiana rustica Nicotianasuaveolens Nicotiana sylvestris Nicotiana tabacum Nicotiana tomentosa Ref: ITIS 30562 as of August 26, 2005... Tapioca is an essentially flavourless starchy ingredient, or fecula, produced from treated and dried cassava (manioc) root and used in cooking. ... Species Hybrid origin; see text A banana is a herb, in the genus Musa, which because of its size and structure, is often mistaken for a tree. ... Binomial name Nypa fruticans Wurmb Nypa fruticans , known as the Attap Palm (Singapore) and Mangrove Palm or Nipah palm (Malaysia), is the only palm considered a mangrove. ... A magnified crystal of a salt (halite/sodium chloride) In chemistry, a salt is any ionic compound composed of positively charged cations and negatively charged anions so that the product is neutral and without a net charge. ... Fixed Partial Denture, or Bridge The word ceramic is derived from the Greek word κεραμικος (keramikos, having to do with pottery). The term covers inorganic non-metallic materials whose formation is due to the action of heat. ... Magnified crystals of refined sugar Magnification of typical sugar In general use, non-scientists take sugar to mean sucrose, also called table sugar or saccharose, a white crystalline solid disaccharide. ... Piece of paper Paper is a thin, flat material produced by the compression of fibers. ... Model constructed from plywood. ... Monosodium glutamate formula Monosodium glutamate, sodium glutamate, flavour enhancer 621 EU food additive code: E621. ...

The major tourist sites of Bago Division can be reached as a day trip from Yangon.

History

According to legend, two Mon princes from Thaton founded the city of Bago in 573 AD. They saw a female goose standing on the back of a male goose on an island in a huge lake. Believing this was an auspicious omen, the princes built a city called Hanthawady (Pali: Hamsavati) on the edge of the lake. Thaton is a town in Mon State, in southern Myanmar on the Tenasserim plains. ... Hanthawaddy (or Hanthawady) is a place in Myanmar. ... Pāli is a Middle Indo-Aryan dialect or prakrit. ...

The earliest mention of this city in history is by the Arab geographer Ibn Khudadhbin around 850 AD. At the time, the Mon capital had shifted to Thanton. The Bamar from Bagan ruled the area in 1056. After the collapse of Bagan to the Mongols in 1287, the Mon regained their independence. The Arabs (Arabic: عرب ) are an ethnic group found throughout the Middle East and North Africa. ... Look up AD, ad-, and ad in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Temples in Pagan. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... For broader historical context, see 1280s and 13th century. ...

From 1369-1539, Hanthawady was the capital of the Mon kingdom of Ramanadesa, which covered all of what is now lower Myanmar. The area came under Burman control again in 1539, when it was annexed by King Tabinshwethi to his Kingdom of Taungoo. The kings of Taungoo made Bago their royal capital from 1539-1599 and again in 1613-1634, and used it as a base for repeated invasions of Siam. As a major seaport, the city was frequently visited by Europeans, who commented on its magnificence. The Burmese capital was relocated to Ava in 1634. In 1740, the Mon revolted and briefly regained their independence, but Burmese King Alaungpaya sacked and completely destroyed the city (along with Mon independence) in 1757. Ramaññadesa means country of the Ramans. This was because the Mons were previously called Ramans. ... Taungoo (Toungoo) is a city in the Bago Division of Myanmar, located 220 km from Yangon, towards the northern end of the division, with mountain ranges to both east and west. ... For the country formerly called Siam see Thailand SIAM is an acronym for Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. ... AVA or ava may stand for: // As an initialism Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (Singapore) Alexander Valley Association (USA) American Vaulting Association (USA) American Vecturist Association American Vigilante Association American Viticultural Area (USA) American Volkssport Association American Voyager Association (USA) Angels and Airwaves (band) Applied Vision Association (UK) Association of... Alaungpaya 1711-15 May 1760 was a Burmese king who established the Konbaung Dynasty (Heavens platform) in the early 18th century. ...

Burmese King Bodawpaya (1782-1819) rebuilt Bago, but by then the river had shifted course, cutting the city off from the sea. It never regained its previous importance. After the Second Anglo-Burmese War, the British annexed Bago in 1852. In 1862, with the formation of the province of British Burma, the capital moved to Yangon. The Second Anglo-Burmese War took place in 1852. ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Yangon (Burmese: , population 4,082,000 (2005 census), formerly Rangoon), is the largest city of Myanmar (formerly Burma) and its former capital. ...

External links

Subdivisions of Myanmar
States: Chin | Kachin | Kayah | Kayin | Mon | Rakhine | Shan Divisions: Ayeyarwady | Bago | Magway | Mandalay | Sagaing | Tanintharyi | Yangon