Tagaung

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts.Many units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Tagaung

River-side township in the north of the Ruby Mines District, Upper Burma, lying between 23° 15' and 24° 1' N. and 95° 58' and 96° 33' E., with an area of 616 square miles. The population was 7,129 in 1 89 1, and 8,609 in 1901, distributed in 71 villages, and is almost exclusively Burman. Tagaung (population, 781), on the Irra- waddy, the site of an ancient Burmese capital, is tlie head-quarters. The township is flat and but little cultivated. In 1903-4 only 2,000 acres were under cultivation, and the land revenue and thathameda amounted to Rs. 18,000.