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Tharrawaddy သာယာဝတီ Tharyarwaddy | |
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City | |
  Tharrawaddy Location in Myanmar | |
| Coordinates:17°39′06″N95°47′08″E / 17.651784°N 95.785500°E /17.651784; 95.785500 | |
| Country |  Myanmar |
| Region |  Bago Region |
| District | Tharrawaddy |
| Township | Tharrawaddy |
| Area | |
• City | 3.39 sq mi (8.8 km2) |
| Population (2019)[1] | |
• City | 15,634 |
| • Metro | 38,116 |
| Time zone | UTC+6.30 (MMST) |
Tharrawaddy (Burmese:သာယာဝတီ, also speltThayarwaddy) is a city in westernBago Region of lowerMyanmar. It is the administrative seat ofTharrawaddy District andTharrawaddy Township. It locates on the main Yangon-Pyay road and 76 miles away at the north ofYangon. The town is divided into 8 urban wards.[1]
The current town was built when the region was underBritish rule, in the first British temporary seat atThonze. However, Thonze is populated for district offices. Therefore, the town was moved two miles north of Thonze and the new district capital was built in 1878.[citation needed]
During theGalon Rebellion, the self-proclaimed kingSaya San moved to Tharrawaddy after a coronation inYangon in December 1930. He proclaimed a new royal city by the name of Buddharaja Myo (lit. 'Buddhist King's City') on Alaungtang Hill in the city, ceremoniall plotting it out with space for the proper retinue of five queens, four ministers, and four regiments.[2] Tharrawaddy, like most ofLower Burma, suffered severe economic dislocation during the ‘Hoover Slump’. TheGreat Depression of 1930 had a devastating impact on rice prices. The high population density and theconcentration of land ownership in central Burma stoked disaffected landless laborers, whom blamed the colonial government for both their inability to work the land independently and for decline of their real incomes as rice worker. Rural cultivators were quick to respond to Saya San's appeals of anti-tax rhetoric mixed with Buddhist traditions and prophecies.[3] Violence broke out first on 22 December of the year in Tharrawaddy and escalated, spreading to many cities in Burma.[2] The revolt was defeated after two years in 1932 with Saya San being hanged in Tharrawaddy.[4]
The current town was created in 1972 by decree of theMinistry of Home Affairs based on the historical name of the town.[1]
| Climate data for Tharrawaddy, Myanmar (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 32.1 (89.8) | 34.9 (94.8) | 37.6 (99.7) | 39.3 (102.7) | 35.8 (96.4) | 31.2 (88.2) | 30.5 (86.9) | 30.4 (86.7) | 31.4 (88.5) | 32.5 (90.5) | 32.3 (90.1) | 31.3 (88.3) | 33.3 (91.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 13.3 (55.9) | 14.8 (58.6) | 17.9 (64.2) | 21.8 (71.2) | 23.1 (73.6) | 23.0 (73.4) | 22.7 (72.9) | 22.8 (73.0) | 22.7 (72.9) | 22.3 (72.1) | 19.4 (66.9) | 15.5 (59.9) | 19.9 (67.8) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 0.9 (0.04) | 3.0 (0.12) | 3.5 (0.14) | 24.2 (0.95) | 212.8 (8.38) | 485.5 (19.11) | 516.1 (20.32) | 448.2 (17.65) | 318.2 (12.53) | 154.0 (6.06) | 60.6 (2.39) | 0.9 (0.04) | 2,227.9 (87.71) |
| Source:Norwegian Meteorological Institute[5] | |||||||||||||
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