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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 503 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MINBU , a See also:

district and See also:division of Upper See also:Burma. The district has an See also:area of 3299 sq. m., and a See also:population (19o1) of 233,377, showing an increase of 8% in the See also:decade and a See also:density of 71 inhabitants to the sq. m. The district may be said to consist of See also:low See also:plain-See also:land towards the See also:Irrawaddy, and of undulating See also:country inland rising higher and higher westwards towards the See also:Arakan hills. Between the plain and the Arakan Yoma range is a distinct See also:line of hills See also:running See also:north and See also:south, and usually called the Nwa-Madaung hills. The submontane valleys are largely cultivated, but are deadly except to those See also:born in them. The See also:chief streams besides the Irrawaddy are the Mon, the Maw, and the Salin, which are largely used for See also:irrigation. At Minbu See also:town the Irrawaddy is 3 See also:miles wide, with many islands and See also:sand-See also:banks. There are considerable See also:fisheries along the Irrawaddy and on the Paunglin See also:lake, which is a See also:lagoon fed from the Irrawaddy. The rights are sold yearly by public See also:auction, and realize an See also:average of r000. Oil has been discovered near the mud volcanoes of Minbu, but it seems to See also:lie at too See also:great a See also:depth to be profitably worked. There is a large area of reserved See also:forest in the district. The chief crops raised are See also:rice, See also:gram, See also:millet, beans, peas, sesamum and See also:tobacco.

The betel-See also:

vine is largely cultivated along the Mon See also:River. The district, which was in a chronically disturbed See also:state before the See also:annexation, was not reduced till two years afterwards, many See also:officers losing their lives, among them Phayre, the first See also:deputy-See also:commissioner. The See also:annual rainfall varies greatly over the district. It is very considerable on and under the Arakan Yomas, and very slight towards the Irrawaddy. The thermometer rises to over roo° in the hot months, and the mean of minimum in See also:December is about 49°. MINBU, the district See also:head-quarters, stands on the Irrawaddy. It had a population of 5780 in 1901. The river steamers in the dry See also:season can come no nearer than two miles to the south of the town. The division includes the districts of See also:Thayetmyo, See also:PakOkku, Minbu and See also:Magwe. It has a See also:total area of 17,172 sq. m. and a population (1901), of 1,076,280, showing an increase of 8% in the decade and giving a density of 63 inhabitants to the square mile. It bestrides the Irrawaddy. (J.

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