![]() The Mon capital was still in Thaton at that time. The Arab geographer Ibn Khordadbeh mentions the city around 850 AD. Believing this was an auspicious omen, the princes built a city called Hanthawady ( Pali: Hamsavati) on the edge of the lake. They saw a female Hamsa standing on the back of a male Hamsa on an island in a huge lake. ![]() It has a population of 4,867,373 (2014).Īccording to legend, two Mon princes from Thaton founded the city of Bago in 573 AD. It is bordered by Magway Region and Mandalay Region to the north Kayin State, Mon State and the Gulf of Martaban to the east Yangon Region to the south and Ayeyarwady Region and Rakhine State to the west. Bamar, Kayin, Mon, Shan, Indians, Chinese, Pa'Oīago Region ( Burmese: ပဲခူးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, pronounced formerly Pegu Division and Bago Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar, located in the southern central part of the country.
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