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3 unusual facts about Sagaing Region


2013 Burma anti-Muslim riots

On the 24th of August, violence once again flared up in Htangon village, 16 kilometers south of Kantbalu in the Sagaing Region, after the alleged attempted rape of a Buddhist women by three Muslim men.

Magha Puja

Other pagoda festivals are held on this day, including the Shwe Settaw Pagoda Festival in Magwe Region's Minbu Township and the Alaungdaw Kathapa Pagoda Festival, near the Alaungdaw Kathapa National Park in Sagaing Region.

Naga people

The Naga tribes live in the Indian states of Nagaland, Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh and the northwestern hill tracts of Burma, such as the Naga Self-Administered Zone (formerly in Sagaing Division).


Pyin Oo Lwin District

It goes north as far as the town of Dakaung where it adjoins Htigyaing Township, Katha District in Sagaing Region.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mandalay

As of 2004, Mandalay diocese had 22,511 Catholics in 30 parishes, representing 00.2% of the 15 million people in Mandalay, Sagaing and Magwe Regions.

Tamanthi

Tamanthi, Htamanthi or Tamanthe is a village on the Chindwin River in Homalin Township in Hkamti District in the Sagaing Region of northwestern Burma.


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Maha Bodhi Ta Htaung Sayadaw

Narada was born Toe Kywe at 4 am on the 31st January 1931 (the 14th Waxing of Tabodwe 1292 ME) to parents U Tun Myat and Daw Saw Myaing in Ywa-kyat village (now Shwedwingon village) in Ayadaw Township (previously Tabayin Township), Sagaing Region.

Neyinzaya River

Entering Kale Township of Sagaing region, the Neyinzaya is joined by the conjoined Nam Kyitlaw and Nam Sitpauk from the left (northeast).

Ngapa

Ngapa, Burma, a village in Kale Township, Sagaing Region of Burma

Tongyi

Tongyi, Mingin Township, village in Kale District, Sagaing Region, Burma

Winwa

Winwa, Mingin, a village in Mingin Township, Kale District, in the Sagaing Region of western Burma