Pakokku

While traveling along the Irrawaddy River by royal barge, King Alaungsithu arrived at Pauk Inn Village.There, Me Sein Nyo, one of his concubines (some versions of the story describe her as a minor queen consort), saw a handsome fisherman and laughed loudly to get his attention.On 21 December 1887, British India government ordered Pakokku as a town of Pakhangyi District with the population of 1,985.In the early months of 1930, political speeches for Burma's colonial separation from British India were held in Shwegu Pagoda.Townships are Pakokku, Kanpetlet, Yesagyo, Pauk, Seikphyu, Myaing, Gangaw, Htilin, Saw, Mindat and Matupi.[4] Pakokku's strategic location in Central Myanmar makes it an important hub for transport of people and goods.The city is connected to other parts of the country and to China, Thailand and India by multiple modes of transportation.The irrawaddy River remains an important arterial route for transporting goods such as farm produce including rice, beans and pulses, cooking oil, pottery, bamboo and teak.Pakokku is the second most important and populated city of Buddhist monks in Myanmar with three Pali university of Buddhism.

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