Minbu

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Field	Value
settlement_type	City
native_name	မင်းဘူး
official_name	Minbu
pushpin_label_position	bottom
pushpin_map	Burma
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Burma
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Myanmar
subdivision_type1	Division
subdivision_name1	Magway Region
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Minbu District
subdivision_type3	Township
subdivision_name3	Minbu Township
unit_pref	Imperial
population_urban	22,962
population_as_of	2014
population_blank1_title	Ethnicities
population_blank2	Buddhism
population_blank2_title	Religions
population_density_km2	auto
coordinates
leader_title	Mayor
timezone	MST
utc_offset	+6.30
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Minbu () is a city in Magwe Division, Myanmar. , the city has an urban population of 22,962. The area consists of low plain-land towards the Ayeyarwady River, and of undulating country inland rising higher and higher westwards towards the Arakan Mountains. Between the plain and the Arakan Yoma range is a distinct line of hills running north and south, and usually called the Nwa-Madaung hills. The chief streams besides the Ayeyarwady are the Mon, the Maw, and the Salin, which are largely used for irrigation. At Minbu the Ayeyarwady is 3 mi wide, with many islands and sandbanks. There are considerable fisheries along the Ayeyarwady and on the Paunglin Lake, which is a lagoon fed from the Ayeyarwady. Oil has been discovered near the mud volcanoes of Minbu, but it seems to lie at too great a depth to be profitably worked.

There is a large area of reserved forest near Minbu. The chief crops raised are rice, gram, millet, beans, peas, sesamum and tobacco. The betel-vine is largely cultivated along the Mon River. The annual rainfall varies greatly in the area. It is very considerable on and under the Arakari Yomas, and very slight towards the Ayeyarwady. The temperature rises to over 100 F in the hot months, and the mean of minimum in December is about 49 F.

Points of interest

Shin Min Selinte Pagoda Agoda
Naga Pwet Hill (Mud Volcano)
Mann Shwe Settaw Pagoda

Minbu Shwe Settaw

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A pair of Buddha's footprints are located in Settawya, a forest retreat which is 34 mi west of Minbu on the opposite bank of Magwe and is 331 mi from Yangon by road. The footprints are well preserved and shrines have been constructed nearby. The place is known as the Pagoda site of the forest. The pilgrimage is combined with photography for young people, as the scenery is picturesque. One can go there also by Minbu- A Road following branches lane at 22 mi post. The site is on the river Man. The festival is held on the fifth waxing moon of the Myanmar calendar month, Tabodwe (February and March) annually. Many people, from different parts of the country, gather there and make meritorious deeps singly or collectively.

On the way from Minbu, visitors can pay homage to Sandalwood Monastery at Legging where the Buddha had visited in his lifetime. The history of that Footprint Pagoda dated back to the time of Buddha. Once the Buddha came to that site in the country of Sunapranta. He met the Orahat Sicca Vanda and Naga Nammada on his way and on their humble request, he granted their reverence. The footprints were enshrined ever since. The lower footprint on the slat is under water during the monsoon months as the river Man is flooded. Therefore, the festival is celebrated in the later winter months. Minbu is very hot in summer.

There are series of stalls marketing different things for the pilgrims and villagers nearly. The souvenirs can be bought there also. Minbu new market is very cheap to buy things. Shops are sell with wholesale price. A lot of motorcycles are going around in Minbu. People use motorcycles for their transportation.

From Minbu, there is a road can transport to Rakhine State and you can go the most famous pagoda Kyaungdawya Pagoda (ကျောင်းတော်ရာ).

In Minbu, there is a lot of crab and dried fish and dried shrimp (ပုဇွန်) you can buy. This is transport from Rakhine.

One of the Asian elephants at Twycross Zoo in the United Kingdom was named after the city of Minbu, as it is originally from Myanmar.

Climate

Minbu, as part of the central Myanmar “dry zone” in the rain shadow of the 3000 m-high Arakan Mountains, has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The climate is hot to sweltering year-round and has two seasons, wet and dry, of similar length. Unlike most monsoonal semi-arid climates, the rainy season is relatively long at around five to six months, while variability and extreme monthly and daily rainfalls are much lower than usual with this type of climate. | location = Minbu (1991–2020) | single line = Y | metric first = Y |Jan record high C = 34.0 |Feb record high C = 39.8 |Mar record high C = 43.2 |Apr record high C = 45.6 |May record high C = 45.0 |Jun record high C = 43.0 |Jul record high C = 40.0 |Aug record high C = 39.4 |Sep record high C = 38.0 |Oct record high C = 37.1 |Nov record high C = 38.0 |Dec record high C = 35.4 |year record high C = |Jan high C = 29.7 |Feb high C = 34.7 |Mar high C = 38.7 |Apr high C = 40.7 |May high C = 38.1 |Jun high C = 34.2 |Jul high C = 33.0 |Aug high C = 32.9 |Sep high C = 33.1 |Oct high C = 33.0 |Nov high C = 31.7 |Dec high C = 28.6 | year high C = 34 |Jan mean C = 21.5 |Feb mean C = 25.1 |Mar mean C = 29.5 |Apr mean C = 32.6 |May mean C = 31.9 |Jun mean C = 29.7 |Jul mean C = 29.0 |Aug mean C = 28.9 |Sep mean C = 28.8 |Oct mean C = 28.2 |Nov mean C = 25.7 |Dec mean C = 22.0 | year mean C = 27.7 |Jan low C = 13.3 |Feb low C = 15.5 |Mar low C = 20.2 |Apr low C = 24.5 |May low C = 25.7 |Jun low C = 25.2 |Jul low C = 24.9 |Aug low C = 24.8 |Sep low C = 24.4 |Oct low C = 23.3 |Nov low C = 19.8 |Dec low C = 15.3 | year low C = 21.4 |Jan record low C = 8.0 |Feb record low C = 7.7 |Mar record low C = 13.0 |Apr record low C = 17.4 |May record low C = 17.5 |Jun record low C = 19.4 |Jul record low C = 20.0 |Aug record low C = 19.8 |Sep record low C = 19.2 |Oct record low C = 17.5 |Nov record low C = 12.0 |Dec record low C = 10.0 |year record low C = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 5.9 |Feb precipitation mm = 0.9 |Mar precipitation mm = 3.9 |Apr precipitation mm = 15.8 |May precipitation mm = 92.9 |Jun precipitation mm = 129.8 |Jul precipitation mm = 104.4 |Aug precipitation mm = 138.7 |Sep precipitation mm = 152.8 |Oct precipitation mm = 131.6 |Nov precipitation mm = 26.3 |Dec precipitation mm = 5.5 | year precipitation mm = 808.7 | unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm |Jan precipitation days = 0.5 |Feb precipitation days = 0.1 |Mar precipitation days = 0.4 |Apr precipitation days = 1.3 |May precipitation days = 7.1 |Jun precipitation days = 12.9 |Jul precipitation days = 11.9 |Aug precipitation days = 12.4 |Sep precipitation days = 11.6 |Oct precipitation days = 8.6 |Nov precipitation days = 2.6 |Dec precipitation days = 1.0 |year precipitation days = 70.5 |source 1 = World Meteorological Organization{{cite web | url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-2-WMO-Normals-9120/Myanmar/CSV/Minbu_48064.csv | title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020 | publisher = World Meteorological Organization | access-date = 16 October 2023}} |source 2 = Meteomanz(record)

Notable resident

Ohn Maung

References

(May 2015). "Census Report". Ministry of Immigration and Population.
Camberlin, Pierre. (2010). "More variable tropical climates have a slower demographic growth". Climate Research.
"NAJAF – Weather data by month".

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