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Bible Encyclopedias
Myaungmya
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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a district in the Irrawaddy division of lower Burma, formed in 1893 out of a portion of Bassein district, and reconstituted in 1903. It has an area of 2663 sq. m., and a population (1901) of 278,119, showing an increase of 49% in the decade and a density of 104 inhabitants to the square mile. Among the population were about 12,800 Christians, mostly Karens. The district is a deltaic tract, bordering south on the sea and traversed by many tidal creeks. Rice cultivation and fishing occupy practically all the inhabitants of the district. The town of Myaungmya had 4711 inhabitants in 1901.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Myaungmya'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/m/myaungmya.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Myaungmya'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/m/myaungmya.html. 1910.
