Daik-U Township

Daik-U Township
Daik-U Township
Township
	Location in Bago district
Country	Myanmar
Region	Bago Region
District	Nyaunglebin District
Capital	Daik-U
Population (2014)	202,530
Time zone	UTC 6.30 (MST)

Daik-U Township is a township in Nyaunglebin District in the Bago Region of Myanmar.^[2] The principal town is Daik-U.

History

Prior to the Second Anglo-Burmese War, the area around Daik-U was composed of small villages.^[3] After the British built a railway between Rangoon (now Yangon) and Pyuntaza in 1878, with a railway station at Daik-U, a bustling village emerged, accelerated by the construction of a highway between Rangoon and Mandalay in 1923.^[3]

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1973	124,474	—
1983	153,210	23.1%
2014	202,530	32.2%
Source: ,^[4]^[5]

The 2014 Myanmar census reported that Daik-U Township had a population of 202,530.^[6] The population density was 157.3 people per km².^[6] The census reported that the median age was 25.9 years, and a sex ratio of 91 males per 100 females.^[6] There were 45,753 households; the mean household size was 4.3.^[6]

Landmarks

Phayagyi, Waso Ward^[3]
Shin Mothti Pagoda, Waso Ward^[3]
Maha Wizitarama Monastery, Thandada Ward^[3]
Seinpan Monastery, Waso Ward^[3]
Kandaw Mingala Monastery, Thandada Ward^[3]
Myo-u Monastery, Waso Ward^[3]
Lawka Yanaung Pagoda, Shweindon Village-tract^[3]
Clear of Conceit all around Pagoda, Taung Galay Village near Mile 74 (Yangon-Mandalay Exp.)

Notable residents

Khin Myint Myint, Miss Burma 1961 winner and businesswoman^[7]

Moe Moe (Inya), Famous female writer

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moe_Moe_(Inya)

References

^ Bago Region. The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census. Vol. 3-G. Naypyitaw: Ministry of Immigration and Population. May 2015. p. 16.
^ "Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map" Archived December 3, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "ဒိုက်ဦးမြို့နယ်ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်အလက်များ" (PDF). General Administration Department (in Burmese). 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-30. Retrieved 2018-10-30.
^ Pegu Division 1983 Population Census (PDF). Rangoon: Immigration and Manpower Department. 1987.
^ ၁၉၇၃ ခုနှစ်၊ လူဦးရေသန်းခေါင်စာရင်း (ဧရာဝတီတိုင်း) (PDF) (in Burmese). ပြည်ထဲရေးနှင့်သာသနာရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Daik U Township Report" (PDF). 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census. October 2017.
^ Htwe, Nyein Ei Ei (28 September 2009). "Former 'Miss Burma' winner passes away". The Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2017.

[census-2014-1] Bago Region. The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census. Vol. 3-G. Naypyitaw: Ministry of Immigration and Population. May 2015. p. 16.

[MIMU001-2] "Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map" Archived December 3, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)

[:1-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "ဒိုက်ဦးမြို့နယ်ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်အလက်များ" (PDF). General Administration Department (in Burmese). 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-30. Retrieved 2018-10-30.

[4] Pegu Division 1983 Population Census (PDF). Rangoon: Immigration and Manpower Department. 1987.

[5] ၁၉၇၃ ခုနှစ်၊ လူဦးရေသန်းခေါင်စာရင်း (ဧရာဝတီတိုင်း) (PDF) (in Burmese). ပြည်ထဲရေးနှင့်သာသနာရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန.

[:0-6] "Daik U Township Report" (PDF). 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census. October 2017.

[MT-7] Htwe, Nyein Ei Ei (28 September 2009). "Former 'Miss Burma' winner passes away". The Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2017.

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