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MYAUNGMYA

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 103 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MYAUNGMYA  , a

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district in the Irrawaddy division of
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lower
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Burma, formed in 1803 out of a portion of
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Bassein district, and reconstituted in 1903 . It has an
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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
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town of Myaungmya had 4711 inhabitants in 1901 .

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