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Friday, November 22nd, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Bible Encyclopedias
Thaton
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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a town and district in the Tenasserim division of Lower Burma. The town is situated below a hill range, io m. from the sea. It was formerly the capital of the Talaing kingdom and a sea-port. Pop. (1901) 14,342. The district has an area of 5079 sq. m.; pop. (1901) 343,510, showing an increase of 29 per cent. in the decade. It was formerly a subdivision of Amherst district, but was formed in 1895 out of part of that and of Shwegyin district, which has now ceased to exist. The staple crop is rice, but a good deal of tobacco also is grown. The railway from Pegu to Martaban, recently opened, passes through this district and is calculated to increase its prosperity and population.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Thaton'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/t/thaton.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Thaton'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/t/thaton.html. 1910.
