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84 MUZANG_MYAUNG-MYA. centre of the bizár, dedicated one to Ráma and his wife Sítá, and the other to Siva. Muzang.--Southern suburb of Lahore city, Punjab; lying south of Anarkalli, and containing many of the houses belonging to the civil station. Population (1881) 7301. Myan-aung. - Township in Henzada District, Irawadi Division, British Burma. To the westward, near the Arakan range, the country is mountainous, and produces valuable timber. Between the lower slopes of the hills and the Irawadi, it is low, and was formerly subject to inundation ; a large tract, however, is now protected by embankments. Population (1876–77) 40,972; (1881) 44,311; villages, 152; gross revenue, £11,485. Of the gross revenue, $6798 is derived from land; £3957 from capitation tax; and £40 from the fishery revenue. Local cesses contribute £690. The area cultivated in 1881-82 was 39,142 acres, mostly under rice. In the same year the agricultural stock was as follows :-Horned cattle, 19,765; pigs, 878; goats, 130; ploughs, 5119; carts, 4198; sledges, 1349; and boats, 157. The township is divided into 6 revenue circles. Myan-aung.--Town in Henzada District, British Burma; situated in lat. 18° 16' 50" N., and long. 95° 22' 20" E., on the right bank of the Irawadi (Irrawaddy). Population (1881) 5416, of whom 5160 are Buddhists, 191 Muhammadans, 43 Hindus, and 22 Christians. Houses, 981; revenue, £1186. Formerly the head-quarters of Henzada, then called Myan-aung District ; contains court-houses and the usual public buildings, and is the seat of an Assistant Commissioner. Founded by the Talaings about 1250 A.D., and called by them Ko-dwut Captured by the Burmese conqueror Alaung-paya in 1754, who gave the town its present name of Myan-aung. Myauk - bhet - myo. --- Township in Sandoway District, Arakan Division, British Burma. Area, 1540 square miles. Population (1876) 19,520 ; (1881) 23,757; gross revenue, £5018. It occupies the whole of the northern portion of Sandoway from the Ma-i river to the Kwet-taung spur, and is for the most part mountainous and forest-clad. In 1875 the area under cultivation was 15,038 acres, or about 23! square miles; in 1881 it was 17,964 acres. The chief products are rice, tobacco, cotton, sugar-cane, fibres, betel, etc. Tobacco, vegetables, and ironwood are exported to Kyauk-pyú; small trade in cattle. The people are principally engaged in agriculture; a little salt is manufactured ; and the weaving of cotton cloth for home use is carried on in every house. The only road in the township is the one across the Arakan Yomas to Taung-gup; communication is maintained by boats. In 1881 the agricultural stock comprised 12,749 horned cattle ; 656 pigs; 15 goats; 5860 ploughs; 41 carts ; i sledge; and 960 boats. Myaung-mya.--Seaboard township in Bassein District, Irawadi