Gyobingauk Township

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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, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Gyobingauk Township

Township of Tharrawaddy District, Lower Burma, lying between i8° 7' and 18° 32' N. and 95° 28' and 96° i' E., with an area of 431 square niiles. Like most of the town- ships of the District, it is traversed north and south by the railway, and abuts in the east on the Pegu Yoma, its western areas being a level plain. The population was 84,327 in 1891, and 91,040 in 1901. It contains two towns, ZIgon (population, :;,o74) and Gvobixgauk ; and 411 villages. The area cultivated in 1903-4 was 189 square miles, paying Rs. 2,95,000 land revenue.