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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 675 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PYAPON  , a

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town and
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district of
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Lower
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Burma . The town is situated on a
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river of the same name, one of the numerous mouths of the
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Irrawaddy, about 12 M. from the
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sea . Pop . (1901), 5883 . The district, which was only formed in 1903, lies within the
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delta of the Irrawaddy . It is a vast
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plain, intersected by tidal creeks and subject to inundation at high
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spring tides . The swampy
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jungle is being rapidly reclaimed for
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rice cultivation, which is the
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sole
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crop .
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Area, 2137 sq. m.; pop . (1901), 226,443, showing an increase of 63% in the
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decade .

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