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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 1001 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SAGAING , a See also:

DISTRICT

district and See also:

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

division of Upper See also:

BURMA

Burma, lying to the See also:

south and See also:

west of See also:

MANDALAY

Mandalay. The district has See also:

ass See also:

AREA

area of 1862 sq. m.; pop. (1901) 282,658, showing an increase of 15% in the See also:

DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade. It occupies both See also:

banks of the See also:

IRRAWADDY, or IRAWADI

Irrawaddy, at its confluence with the See also:

RIVER

river See also:

Chindwin. The See also:

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

chief crops are sesamum, See also:

millet, See also:

rice, peas, See also:

wheat and See also:

cotton. The See also:

TOTAL

total rainfall in 1905 was 34.76 in., taken at Sagaing. In the hot See also:

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season the maximum shade temperature rises to a little over loci° F. The lowest readings in the See also:

COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold season See also:

AVERAGE

average about 56° F. Sagaing, the headquarters See also:

TOWN

town, is opposite See also:

AVA

Ava, a few See also:

MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles below Mandalay; pop. (1901) 9643, It was formerly a See also:

capital of Burma. It is the See also:

TERMINUS

terminus of the railway to See also:

MYITKYINA

Myitkyina. A See also:

steam See also:

ferry connects with the See also:

RANGOON

Rangoon-Mandalay See also:

LINE

line, and the steamers of the Irrawaddy Flotilla See also:

COMPANY

Company See also:

CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call daily.

The Sagaing division includes the four districts of Upper and See also:

LOWER

Lower Chindwin, See also:

SHWEBO

Shwebo and Sagaing; area, 29,566 sq. m.; pop. (1901) 1,000,483.

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