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HANTHAWADDY

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 932 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HANTHAWADDY , a See also:

district in the See also:Pegu See also:division of See also:Lower See also:Burma, the See also:home district of See also:Rangoon, from which the See also:town was detached to make a See also:separate district in 1880. It has an See also:area of 3023 sq. m., with a See also:population in 1901 of 484i81r, showing an increase of 22% in the See also:decade. Hanthawaddy and See also:Henzada are the two most densely populated districts in the See also:province. It consists of a vast See also:plain stretching up from the See also:sea between the To or See also:China Bakir mouth of the See also:Irrawaddy and the Pegu Yomas. Except the See also:tract lying between the Pegu Yomas on the See also:east and the Hlaing See also:river, the See also:country is intersected by numerous tidal creeks, many navigable by large boats and some by steamers. The headquarters of the district are in Rangoon, which is also the sub-divisional headquarters. The second sub-division has its headquarters at See also:Insein, where there are large railway See also:works. Cultivation is almost wholly confined to See also:rice, but there are many See also:vegetable and See also:fruit gardens.

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