Ywathitgyi Explained

Ywathitgyi
Native Name:	ရွာသစ်ကြီး
Pushpin Label Position:	right
Pushpin Map:	Burma Sagaing
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in the Sagaing area and in relation to the Irrawaddy River.
Settlement Type:	Town
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Region
Subdivision Name1:	Sagaing Region
Subdivision Type2:	District
Subdivision Name2:	Sagaing District
Subdivision Type3:	Township
Subdivision Name3:	Myinmu Township
Population Density Km2:	auto
Coordinates:	21.9247°N 95.7794°W
Timezone:	MST
Utc Offset:	+6.30

Ywathitgyi is a small town in Sagaing District in the southeast of the Sagaing Division in Burma (Myanmar). It is located east of Legyi and west of the regional capital of Sagaing. The town lies on the right (northern) side of the Irrawaddy, several miles south of the Ngaizun rocks and the town of Ngaizun.^[1] Formerly, when the river was low, Ywathitgyi was the height of navigation for steamers. Ywathitgyi was and is a shipping transfer point for the cotton grown and the cotton products produced in the area.^[2] In the early days of the British occupation, Chinese dealers set up cotton brokerages in Ywathitgyi.^[3]

Attractions

• 18th century murals at Laung U Hmaw^{[4] [5]}
• Academy for Development of National Groups^{[6] [7]}
• Ywathitgyi yarn mill

Notes

Notes and References

1. Bird, George W. (1897) Wanderings in Burma F.J. Bright & Son, Bournemouth, England, page 238,
2. Ba Than Win (1976) Highways and major bridges of Burma B. T. Win, Rangoon, Burma, page 56,
3. Lowis, C. C. (1908) "Sagaing District" Imperial gazetteer of India: provincial series, Burma Volume II, The Minbu, Mandalay, Sagaing, and Meiktila Divisions; and the Native States Superintendent of Government printing, Calcutta, India, page 195,
4. Takkasuilʻ myāʺ Samuiṅʻʺ Sutesana Ṭhāna (2000) Myanmar two millennia: proceedings of the Myanmar Two Millennia Conference, 15–17 December 1999 volume 4, Universities Historical Research Centre, Rangoon, Burma, page 44,
5. Green, Alexandra (2005) "Deep Change? Burmese Wall Paintings from the Eleventh to the Nineteenth Centuries" The Journal of Burma Studies 10: pp. 1 - 50, page 45
6. Steinberg, David I. (1981) Burma's road toward development: growth and ideology under military rule Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado, page 34,
7. Delury, George E. (1983) World Encyclopedia of Political Systems & Parties: Afghanistan-Mozambique Facts on File, New York, page 134,