Pegu Division

Pegu Division is located between Mandalay Division and Magwe Division in the north, Rakhine State and Irrawaddy Division in the west, Yangon Division in the south, Karen State and Mon State on the east. Its area is 15214 square miles and its Capital is Pegu.

Karens, Burmans and Mons live in Pegu Division.

Pegu Division is the major rice producing area in Myanmar. Its main occupation is agriculture, growing paddy, sessamum, groundnut, pulses, jute, rubber,tobacco and sugar-cane.

Pegu Divisions's forests produce valuable woods such as teak, pyinkado, ingyin and the plywood mill in Swa produces high standard plywoods.

Pegu Division is an economically strategic region with a network of motor roads and railways.

Places of interest

• Shwe Thar Lyaung (Reclining Buddha Image)
• Shwe Maw Daw Pagoda
• Kyaikpun Pagoda (28 m high huge Buddha image)
• Kan-baw-za-thadi Palace
• Monyingyi Bird Sanctuary
• Sein Ye Forest Camp