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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 675 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PYAPON , a See also:

town and See also:district of See also:Lower See also:Burma. The town is situated on a See also:river of the same name, one of the numerous mouths of the See also:Irrawaddy, about 12 M. from the See also:sea. Pop. (1901), 5883. The district, which was only formed in 1903, lies within the See also:delta of the Irrawaddy. It is a vast See also:plain, intersected by tidal creeks and subject to inundation at high See also:spring tides. The swampy See also:jungle is being rapidly reclaimed for See also:rice cultivation, which is the See also:sole See also:crop. See also:Area, 2137 sq. m.; pop. (1901), 226,443, showing an increase of 63% in the See also:decade.

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