PROME  , the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• TOWN

town of the See also:

• DISTRICT

district, is situated on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• IRRAWADDY, or IRAWADI

Irrawaddy, 161 m . N. of See also:

• RANGOON

Rangoon, See also:

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

population (1901), 27,375 . To the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south and south-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east the town is closed in by See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low See also:

• PAGODA (Port. pagode, a word introduced in the 16th century by the early Portuguese adventurers in India, reproducing phonetically some native word, possibly Pers. but-kadah, a house for an idol, or some form of Sansk. bhagavat, divine, holy)

pagoda-topped hills, on one of which stands the conspicuous gilded Shwe Tsan-daw . The town was taken by the See also:

• BRITISH

British in 1825 and again in 1852, on both occasions with hardly any opposition . In 1862 it was almost entirely destroyed by See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire, and was afterwards relaid out in straight and broad streets . It was erected into a See also:

• MUNICIPALITY

municipality in 1874, and since then See also:

• GREAT

great improvements have been made, including waterworks . Its See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal manufactures are See also:

• SILK

silk cloths and See also:

• LACQUER, or LACICER

lacquer See also:

• WARE

ware . It is the See also:

• TERMINUS

terminus of a railway from Rangoon, which runs through the district . The other chief towns in the district are Shwedaung (pop . 10,787) and Paungde (pop . 11,105) .