Ponnagyun Township (Burmese: ပုဏ္ဏားကျွန်းမြို့နယ်), formally known as Urittaung is a township of Sittwe District in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. The principal town is Ponnagyun. There are 94 village groups in this township and about 200 villages. It has an ancient pagoda Uritetawdat Zaydhi which was innovated by King Mengphaloung (1571–1593) of the Mrauk Oo Dynasty. It is 25 miles distance to the south Sittwe, the district capital.[1]
Ponnagyun is a small town of Sittwe District in Arakan. It was formerly known as Urittaung City and it was suited in other side of present town of Ponnagyun closed to the bank of Kaladan river below to Sri Gututta Hill. The Urittaung city was the headquarters of the Arakan Navy in the 15th to 18th century Mrauk-Oo era. Arakan Kings controlled the Bay of Bengal and some parts of current Bangladesh by the power of Arakan Navy.
Geographyedit
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Demographyedit
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Ethnic groupedit
Mainly Rakhinese are living. Some Burmese and Hind are there
Religionedit
Buddhist, Hindustan, Christian
Economyedit
Ponnagyun Township doesn't have big market. People are depending on Capital City, Sittwe. 30 % of people are government staff.
Transportedit
Ponnagyun is located on Yangon- Sittwe Main Road. The town pends on Road Transport. And the town is located on the close to Gisspanadi River.
Educationedit
There are five high schools in Ponnagyun township.
ponnagyun, township, burmese, နယ, formally, known, urittaung, township, sittwe, district, rakhine, state, myanmar, principal, town, ponnagyun, there, village, groups, this, township, about, villages, ancient, pagoda, uritetawdat, zaydhi, which, innovated, king. Ponnagyun Township Burmese ပ ဏ ဏ က န မ နယ formally known as Urittaung is a township of Sittwe District in the Rakhine State of Myanmar The principal town is Ponnagyun There are 94 village groups in this township and about 200 villages It has an ancient pagoda Uritetawdat Zaydhi which was innovated by King Mengphaloung 1571 1593 of the Mrauk Oo Dynasty It is 25 miles distance to the south Sittwe the district capital 1 Ponnagyun Township ပ ဏ ဏ က န မ နယ TownshipLocation in Sittwe districtCountry BurmaStateRakhine StateDistrictSittwe DistrictTime zoneUTC 6 30 MST Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Demography 3 1 Ethnic group 3 2 Religion 4 Economy 5 Transport 6 Education 7 ReferencesHistory editPonnagyun is a small town of Sittwe District in Arakan It was formerly known as Urittaung City and it was suited in other side of present town of Ponnagyun closed to the bank of Kaladan river below to Sri Gututta Hill The Urittaung city was the headquarters of the Arakan Navy in the 15th to 18th century Mrauk Oo era Arakan Kings controlled the Bay of Bengal and some parts of current Bangladesh by the power of Arakan Navy Geography editThis section is empty You can help by adding to it December 2012 Demography editThis section may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia s quality standards You can help The talk page may contain suggestions August 2020 Ethnic group edit Mainly Rakhinese are living Some Burmese and Hind are there Religion edit Buddhist Hindustan ChristianEconomy editPonnagyun Township doesn t have big market People are depending on Capital City Sittwe 30 of people are government staff Transport editPonnagyun is located on Yangon Sittwe Main Road The town pends on Road Transport And the town is located on the close to Gisspanadi River Education editThere are five high schools in Ponnagyun township BEHS Ponnagyun BEHS Alechaung BEHS YotayautReferences edit http www themimu info docs MIMU154v01 100810 Ponnagyun 20Ts Rakhine 20State A1 pdf permanent dead link Map of Ponnagyun 20 20 00 N 93 11 00 E 20 3333 N 93 1833 E 20 3333 93 1833 nbsp nbsp This Rakhine State location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ponnagyun Township amp oldid 1123941804, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
