Sagaing division

Tourist information in Sagaing division
Capital: SAGAING Population : Over 5.3 million Area : 36534 sq.miles How to get there : By cruise, train, car
Places of interest 1. Inwa Bridge (the oldest bridge across the Ayeyarwaddy River) 2. Mingun Bell (the world's largest ringing bell) 3. Nyaung-gan archaeological site (Bronze age culture influenced) 4. Twin-daung lake (natural spirulina)
Located in the north-west of Myanmar, on the Indian border, Sagaing Division is home to a population of 5.5 million inhabitants, spread over 36.534 square miles.
Sagaing, the division's capital, is home to many historical stupas and today is known as a religious centre, with dozens of Buddhists nunneries and monasteries as well as an important monastic hospital.
October and November are the region's busiest months, when Buddhists from around the country come to offer their respects and robes to Sagaing's monks, during the full moon of Tazaungmon.
Near the city limits are the Kaunghmudaw Pagods, a large whitewashed structure whose name means 'work of great merit', and Tupayon Pagoda, known for its unusual style; the stupa is made up of three circular stores, each ringed by arched niches.
The division is home to the huge Mingun bell, the largest ringing bell in the woulrd, as well as Inn-wa Bridge, a British-engneered 16 span bridge that dates to 1934, as was the only structure crossing the Ayeyarwaddy River until 1998