Thabaung

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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.

Thabaung

Northernmost township of the Bassein subdivision of Bassein District, Lower Burma, lying between 16° 35 and 17° 16' N. and 94° 23' and 95" 5' E., and skirted by the Bay of Bengal on the west, with an area of 1,118 square miles. The western half is cut up by the spurs of the Arakan Yoma, but the rest is a dead level. It contains 440 villages. The population was 38,924 in 1891, and 47,802 in 1901, nearly a fourth being Karens. The head-quarters are at Thabaung (population, 686), about 30 miles north of Bassein town, on the right bank of the Bassein river. In 1903-4 the area under cultivation was 8r square miles, paying a land revenue of Rs. 1,13,000.