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MEIKTILA , a See also:

DISTRICT

district and See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division in Upper See also:

BURMA

Burma. The district is the most easterly of the districts in the dry See also:

ZONE (Gr. 'WV77, a girdle, from 'wvvLvay to gird)

zone, and has an See also:

AREA

area of 2183 sq. m. It lies between See also:

KYAUKSE

Kyaukse, See also:

MYINGYAN

Myingyan, Yamethin, and on the See also:

east touches the Shan States. It is a slightly undulating See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain, the See also:

GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

gentle slopes of which are composed of See also:

black " See also:

cotton " See also:

SOIL

soil and are somewhat arid. The only hills above 300 ft. are on the slopes of the Shan hills. The See also:

lake is the See also:

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

chief feature of the district. It is artificial, and according to Burmese See also:

LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend was begun 2400 years ago by the grandfather of Gautama See also:

BUDDHA

Buddha. It is 7 M. See also:

long, averages See also:

HALF

half a mile broad, and covers an area of 31 sq. na, With the Minhla and other connected lakes it irrigates a large' extent of See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country. There are small See also:

FOREST

forest reserves, chiefly of See also:

cutch. Large See also:

numbers of See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle are bred. The chief agricultural products are See also:

rice, sesamum, cotton, peas, See also:

MAIZE, or INDIAN CORN

maize, See also:

millet and See also:

GRAM

gram. Pop.

(1901), 252,305. Famines in 1891, 1895 and 1896 led to considerable See also:

EMIGRATION (from Lat. emigrare; e, ex, out of, and migrare, to depart)

emigration. The See also:

CLIMATE

climate is healthy except in the submontane townships. The temperature rises to too° F. and over between the months of See also:

March and See also:

JUNE

June, and the mean minimum in See also:

JANUARY

January is about 61°. The rainfall is uncertain (36.79 in. in 1893, 25.59 in 1891).

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