Myaungmya
Myaungmya is the principal town of Myaungmya Township, Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar.
The town is home to the Myanmar Union Adventist Seminary, a Seventh-day Adventist seminary and Myaungmya Education College. As of 2014 the population was 58,698.
History
Myaungmya was referenced earliest in the Jambūdipa, a text dating to the reign of Kyansittha. The name "Myaungmya" originates from the Mon language name Mongmale The old town of Myaungmya is an archaeological zone and a heritage preservation zone today.The Viceroy of Myaungmya, Laukpya, rebelled against the Hanthawaddy kingdom during the reign of Binnya U in 1364 CE. By 1371, he had successfully taken control of the Bassein province and became the ruler of the Irrawaddy Delta as the Viceroy of Bassein-Myaungmya. During this period, Myaungmya was a heavily fortified city that resisted the siege of Binnya U's successor Razadarit during the Forty Years' War. Despite this, Myaungmya eventually surrendered to Razadarit after a battlefield loss in 1390.
Myaungmya is where Daw Khin Kyi, the wife of national leader General Aung San was born. It was also one of the towns where anti-colonial nationalistic education was implemented, with future Prime Minister U Nu serving as district education officer.
Another prominent independence figure and one of the martyrs remembered on Martyr's Day, Dee Doke U Ba Cho, was born in Myaungmya
Myaungmya city is the main exporter of rice in Myanmar. George Orwell served as assistant superintendent of police in Myaungmya in 1924.