Sagaing

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Town in Sagaing Region, Myanmar

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::summary Town in Sagaing Region, Myanmar ::

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Sagaing (, ) is the capital city of Sagaing Region of Myanmar. It is located on the Irrawaddy River, 20 km to the south-west of Mandalay on the opposite bank of the river. Sagaing, with its numerous Buddhist monasteries, is an important religious and monastic centre. The pagodas and monasteries crowd the numerous hills along the ridge running parallel to the river. The central pagoda, Soon U Ponya Shin Pagoda, is connected by a set of covered staircases that run up the 240 m hill.

Today, with about 70,000 inhabitants, the city is part of Mandalay metropolitan area, home to more than 1,022,000 inhabitants as of 2011. It is a frequent tourist destination for day trippers, usually as part of the "three former capitals" itinerary alongside Amarapura and Innwa.

The city is home to five institutions of higher learning: the Sagaing Institute of Education, Sagaing Education College, Sagaing Technological University, Sagaing University of Co-operative and Management, and Sagaing University. The latter was established on 11 February 2012; it is located in Pakatoe Quarter, Sagaing Township, with an area of 300.35 acre.

Name

The classical name of Sagaing is Zeyapura (ဇေယျာပူရ; ), which literally translates to "city of victory."

History

Sagaing was the capital of Sagaing Kingdom (1315–1364), one of the minor kingdoms that rose up after the fall of Pagan dynasty, where one of Thihathu's sons, Athinkhaya, established himself. During the Ava period (1364–1555), the city was the common fief of the crown prince or senior princes. During the reign of King Naungdawgyi, Sagaing briefly became the royal capital between 1760 and 1763.

On 8 August 1988, Sagaing was the site of mass public protests in support of the 8888 Uprising, which were brutally crushed by a massacre in which around 300 civilians were killed by local police forces.

Despite its name, the town is not the capital of Sagaing Region. However, groups including the civil society group "Steering Committee for the Return of All Regional Offices to Sagaing City in Accordance with the Constitution" object to this saying that the use of Monywa as the regional capital is unconstitutional per the 2008 Constitution of Myanmar.

As the epicentre of the 7.7-magnitude 2025 Sagaing earthquake, the city suffered loss of life as well as extensive damage to its buildings and infrastructure alongside neighbouring Mandalay. The Ava Bridge, one of two road-rail bridges connecting Sagaing to Mandalay, has partially collapsed. The city's fire station also collapsed, hampering relief efforts and trapping many. More than 100 bodies were recovered from the rubble of destroyed builings and 90 percent of structures were destroyed. An estimated over 150 Muslim worshippers in the city died across three collapsed mosques. Out of the five mosques in Sagaing, four collapsed due to the earthquake. The Min Street Mosque is feared to have collapsed with over 100 people inside. Several monastic schools and a nunnery in the city were also damaged, likely killing people in the hundreds and trapping over 900 monks across four schools.

Demographics

In 2014, the city had 81,432 people within its city limits. The broader Sagaing Township had 307,194 people. In 2019, the city's population dropped to 79,944 people before returning to 83,939 people in 2023. However, the broader Sagaing township area had fallen in population to 295,195 people.

Climate

Located in the rain shadow of the Arakan Mountains, Sagaing has a borderline hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh) just short of a tropical savanna climate (Aw). The city receives less than a third of the rainfall that Chittagong has at a similar latitude on the Bay of Bengal. 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 = Sagaing (1991–2020) | single line = Y | metric first = Y | width = auto |collapsed = | Jan record high C = 34.5 | Feb record high C = 37.7 | Mar record high C = 42.0 | Apr record high C = 45.5 | May record high C = 45.2 | Jun record high C = 40.5 | Jul record high C = 40.0 | Aug record high C = 38.4 | Sep record high C = 38.8 | Oct record high C = 38.0 | Nov record high C = 37.0 | Dec record high C = 36.5 | year record high C = |Jan high C = 29.5 |Feb high C = 32.6 |Mar high C = 36.4 |Apr high C = 38.3 |May high C = 36.0 |Jun high C = 34.4 |Jul high C = 33.7 |Aug high C = 33.0 |Sep high C = 33.2 |Oct high C = 32.8 |Nov high C = 31.4 |Dec high C = 29.2 | year high C = 33.4 |Jan mean C = 22.0 |Feb mean C = 24.5 |Mar mean C = 28.6 |Apr mean C = 31.4 |May mean C = 30.9 |Jun mean C = 30.3 |Jul mean C = 29.9 |Aug mean C = 29.5 |Sep mean C = 29.4 |Oct mean C = 28.5 |Nov mean C = 25.9 |Dec mean C = 22.6 | year mean C = 27.8 |Jan low C = 14.5 |Feb low C = 16.5 |Mar low C = 20.8 |Apr low C = 24.6 |May low C = 25.8 |Jun low C = 26.2 |Jul low C = 26.2 |Aug low C = 25.9 |Sep low C = 25.5 |Oct low C = 24.2 |Nov low C = 20.4 |Dec low C = 16.0 | year low C = 22.2 | Jan record low C = 10.7 | Feb record low C = 11.0 | Mar record low C = 13.5 | Apr record low C = 18.7 | May record low C = 19.3 | Jun record low C = 20.5 | Jul record low C = 20.0 | Aug record low C = 20.5 | Sep record low C = 19.2 | Oct record low C = 16.7 | Nov record low C = 14.0 | Dec record low C = 12.3 | year record low C = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 5.0 |Feb precipitation mm = 3.5 |Mar precipitation mm = 5.4 |Apr precipitation mm = 40.6 |May precipitation mm = 148.6 |Jun precipitation mm = 82.1 |Jul precipitation mm = 66.2 |Aug precipitation mm = 126.2 |Sep precipitation mm = 158.9 |Oct precipitation mm = 134.3 |Nov precipitation mm = 28.4 |Dec precipitation mm = 4.8 | year precipitation mm = 804.0 | unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm |Jan precipitation days = 0.6 |Feb precipitation days = 0.4 |Mar precipitation days = 0.6 |Apr precipitation days = 3.2 |May precipitation days = 9.5 |Jun precipitation days = 6.8 |Jul precipitation days = 5.9 |Aug precipitation days = 9.3 |Sep precipitation days = 11.0 |Oct precipitation days = 8.5 |Nov precipitation days = 2.6 |Dec precipitation days = 0.7 |year precipitation days = 59.0 |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/Sagaing_48039.csv | title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020 | publisher = World Meteorological Organization | access-date = 16 October 2023}} |source 2 = Meteomanz(record since 2014)

People

Places of interest

The Kaunghmudaw Pagoda (Burmese: ကောင်းမှုတော် ဘုရား ; Yaza Mani Sula Kaunghmudaw (ရာဇမဏိစူဠာ ကောင်းမှုတော်); Pali: Rājamaṇicūḷā) is a large pagoda on the northwestern outskirts of Sagaing.

Images

File:Sagaing Hill.jpg|Sagaing Hill File:Sagaing, Myanmar.jpg|Irrawaddy River from Sagaing Hill, Sagaing File:Sagaing, Buddhist stupas, Myanmar.jpg|Pagodas File:Sagaing, Buddhist monks, Myanmar.jpg|Buddhist monks File:Sagaing, View, Myanmar.jpg|Viewpoint at Sagaing Hill File:Sagaing2.jpg|Pagodas dotting Sagaing's landscape File:U Min Thonze exterior, Sagaing, Sagaing Division, Burma.jpg|U Min Thonze cave File:Sone Oo Pone Nya Shin Pagoda.jpg|Sone Oo Pone Nya Shin Pagoda, Sagaing Hill File:Umin Thonze Pagoda.JPG|U Min Thonze Pagoda File:Two bridges of Sagaing.jpg|The Ava and Yadanabon bridges, connecting Sagaing and Mandalay File:Sagaing hill.jpg|Panoramic view from top of Sagaing Hill

References

http://www.sagainguni.edu.mm/?page_id=1752&lang=en

References

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