Sagaing Region

Sagaing Region
စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်းဒေသကြီး
Myanma transcription(s)
 • Burmesecac kuing: tuing: desa. kri:
Flag of Sagaing Region
Official logo of Sagaing Region
Location of Sagaing Region in Myanmar
Location of Sagaing Region in Myanmar
Coordinates: 21°30′N 95°37′E / 21.500°N 95.617°E / 21.500; 95.617
CountryMyanmar
RegionUpper
CapitalMonywa
Government
 • Chief MinisterMyat Kyaw
 • CabinetSagaing Region Government
 • LegislatureSagaing Region Hluttaw
 • JudiciarySagaing Region High Court
Area
 • Total
93,704.5 km2 (36,179.5 sq mi)
 • Rank2nd
Highest elevation3,841 m (12,602 ft)
Population
 • Total
5,325,347
 • Rank5th
 • Density57/km2 (150/sq mi)
DemonymSagainggese
Demographics
 • Ethnicities
 • ReligionsBuddhism 92.2%
Christianity 6.5%
Islam 1.1%
Hinduism 0.1%
Animism 0.1%[2]
Time zoneUTC+06:30 (MST)
ISO 3166 codeMM-01
HDI (2017)0.547[3]
low · 9th
Websitesagaingregion.gov.mm

Sagaing Region (Burmese: စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, pronounced [zəɡáɪ̯ɰ̃ táɪ̯ɰ̃ dèθa̰ dʑí]; formerly Sagaing Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar, located in the north-western part of the country between latitude 21° 30' north and longitude 94° 97' east. It is bordered by Chin State and India's Nagaland, Manipur, and Arunachal Pradesh states to the west and north, Kachin State, Shan State, and Mandalay Region to the east and Mandalay Region and Magway Region to the south. The Ayeyarwady River forms a greater part of its eastern and also southern boundary. Sagaing Region has an area of 93,527 square kilometres (36,111 sq mi), making it the second-largest subdivision of Myanmar. In 1996, it had a population of over 5,300,000, while its population in 2012 was 6,600,000. The urban population 2012 was 1,230,000, and the rural population was 5,360,000.[4] The namesake of Sagaing Region is Sagaing but the administrative capital and largest city is Monywa.[5][6][7]

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