Bago division

Bago division
Location
Bago Division is located between Mandalay Division and Magwe Division in the north, Rakhine State and Ayeyarwaddy Division in the west, Yangon Division in the south, Kayin State and Mon State on the east. Its area is 15,214 square miles and its Capital is Bago City.
Area & population
Kayins, Myanmars, and Mons live in the in the 28 Townships and 1,624 Wards and Village-Tracts of Bago Division. The population is about 3,800,240.
Bago Division is the major rice producing area in Myanmar. Its main occupation is agriculture, growing paddy, sesame, groundnut, pulses, jute, rubber, tobacco and sugarcane.
Nearby attractions
Bago Division is an economically strategic region with a network of motor roads and railways. Bago Shwemawdaw Pagoda is one of the most famous reclining Buddha image in Myanmar. The Kanbawza Thardi Royal Palace of Bago Dynasty is not far from Yangon to visit. It has been built as the old royal palace of the ancient times. There are Bago forest camp in the Bago forest. Pyay and Taungoo are nearby places to visit in Bago State. Ruins of the ancient Pyu kingdom is found around 8 km to the east of Pyay in the village of Hmaw Za. The ancient site is known as Thayekhittaya or Sri Ksetra. Ruins can be seen scattering in the area, and there is a small museum.