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HENZADA , a See also:

district of See also:Lower See also:Burma, formerly in the See also:Pegu, but now in the See also:Irrawaddy See also:division. See also:Area, 2870 sq. m. Pop. (1901) 484,558. It stretches from See also:north to See also:south in one vast See also:plain, forming the valley of the Irrawaddy, and is divided by that See also:river into two nearly equal portions. This See also:country is protected from inundation by immense embankments, so that almost the whole area is suitable for See also:rice cultivation. The See also:chief mountains are the See also:Arakan and Pegu Yoma ranges. The greatest See also:elevation of the Arakan Yomas in Henzada, attained in the See also:latitude of Myan-aung, is 4003 ft. above See also:sea-level. Numerous torrents pour down from the two boundary ranges, and unite in the plains to See also:form large streams, which fall into the chief streams of the district, which are the Irrawaddy, Hlaing and See also:Bassein, all of them branches of the Irrawaddy. The forests comprise almost every variety of See also:timber found in Burma. The bulk of the cultivation is rice, but a number of acres are under See also:tobacco. The chief See also:town of the district is HENZADA, which had in 1901 a See also:population of 24,756.

It is a municipal town, with ten elective and three ex-officio members. Other municipal towns in the district are Zalun, with a population of 6642; Myan-aung, with a population of 6351; and Kyangin, with a population of 7183, according to the 190r See also:

census. The town of Lemyethna had a population of 5831. The steamers of the Irrawaddy Flotilla See also:Company See also:call at Henzada and Myan-aung. The district was once a portion of the See also:Talaing See also:kingdom of Pegu, afterwards annexed to the Burmese See also:empire in 1753; and has no See also:history of its own. During the second Burmese See also:war, after See also:Prome had been seized, the Burmese on the right See also:bank of the Irrawaddy crossed the river and offered resistance to the See also:British, but were completely routed. Meanwhile, in Tharawaddy, or the country See also:east of the Irrawaddy, and in the south of Henzada, much disorder was caused by a revolt, the leaders of which were, however, defeated by the British and their gangs dispersed.

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