MYAUNGMYA  , a See also:

• DISTRICT

district in the See also:

• IRRAWADDY, or IRAWADI

Irrawaddy See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

• LOWER

lower See also:

• BURMA

Burma, formed in 1803 out of a portion of See also:

• BASSEIN

Bassein district, and reconstituted in 1903 . It has an See also:

• AREA

area of 2663 sq. m., and a See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population (1901) of 278,119, showing an increase of 49% in the See also:

• DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade and a See also:

• DENSITY (Lat. densus, thick)

density of 104 inhabitants to the square mile . Among the population were about 12,800 Christians, mostly Karens . The district is a deltaic See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract, bordering See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south on the { See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea and traversed by many tidal creeks . See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• RICE, EDMUND IGNATIUS (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

Rice cultivation and fishing occupy practically all the inhabitants of the district . The See also:

• TOWN

town of Myaungmya had 4711 inhabitants in 1901 .