Yamethin Township

Township in Mandalay Region, Burma

Yamethin Township ရမည်းသင်းမြို့နယ်
Township
Yamethin Township welcome sign
Location in Yamethin district (red colour)
20°26′N 96°09′E / 20.433°N 96.150°E / 20.433; 96.150
Country	Burma
Region	Mandalay Region
District	Yamethin
Capital	Yamethin
Time zone	UTC+6:30 (MST)

Yamethin Township is a township of Yamethin District in the Mandalay Region of Burma (Myanmar). The administrative seat and principal city is Yamethin, which is also the major rail stop in the township, and it has a population of 258,091.^[1]^[2]

Communities

Among the many communities in Yamethin Township are: North and South Pyar Si, Upper and Lower Warpyutaung (Wapyudaung), and Yebyu.

Food

Yamethin is known for its fried Tofu, grape plantation, and high production of several crops and paddy.

Kyini Lake

It was dug by King Kyawswa of Bagan in 1303 A.D. It was restored in 2015 to irrigate 8129 acres of monsoon and summer paddy plantations and provide water to the people of nearby areas.^[3]

History

Yamethin Township was established as a town during the time of King Duttabaung in 170 BE (Buddhist Era). The town was formerly known as Nwamethin (နွားမည်းသင်း), in reference to the preponderance of black cows in the area. Over time, the town's name evolved to Namethin and to Yamethin, which is the modern-day name.^[4]

Climate

Climate data for Yamethin (1981–2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	30.2 (86.4)	33.2 (91.8)	36.3 (97.3)	38.0 (100.4)	35.5 (95.9)	32.4 (90.3)	31.7 (89.1)	31.6 (88.9)	32.3 (90.1)	32.6 (90.7)	30.7 (87.3)	29.2 (84.6)	32.8 (91.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	13.2 (55.8)	15.3 (59.5)	19.9 (67.8)	24.1 (75.4)	24.5 (76.1)	24.0 (75.2)	23.6 (74.5)	23.5 (74.3)	23.4 (74.1)	22.9 (73.2)	19.2 (66.6)	14.7 (58.5)	20.7 (69.3)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	1.7 (0.07)	2.6 (0.10)	8.8 (0.35)	25.1 (0.99)	136.0 (5.35)	104.8 (4.13)	96.8 (3.81)	117.1 (4.61)	152.4 (6.00)	140.2 (5.52)	48.8 (1.92)	9.3 (0.37)	843.6 (33.21)
Source: Norwegian Meteorological Institute^[5]

Demographics

2014

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1973	145,207	—
1983	181,973	+25.3%
2014	258,091	+41.8%
Source: ,^[6]^[7]

The 2014 Myanmar Census reported that Yamethin Township had a population of 258,091.^[2] The population density was 119.1 people per km².^[2] The census reported that the median age was 28.4 years, and a sex ratio of 95 males per 100 females.^[2] There were 57,259 households; the mean household size was 4.1.^[2]

References

^ "Myanmar: Regions, States, Major Cities & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Yamethin Township Report" (PDF). 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census. October 2017.
^ "President inspects dredging at Kyee Ni Lake in Yamethin Township". www.president-office.gov.mm/en/. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
^ "ရမည်းသင်းမြို့နယ်ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်အလက်များ" (PDF). General Administration Department. 2017.
^ "Myanmar Climate Report" (PDF). Norwegian Meteorological Institute. pp. 23–36. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
^ Mandalay Division 1983 Population Census (PDF). Rangoon: Immigration and Manpower Department. 1986.
^ ၁၉၇၃ ခုနှစ်၊ လူဦးရေသန်းခေါင်စာရင်း (မန္တလေးတိုင်း) (PDF) (in Burmese). ပြည်ထဲရေးနှင့်သာသနာရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန.

External links

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article "Yamèthin".

"Yamethin Township - Mandalay Division" Map ID: MIMU 154v01, Creation Date: 17 May 2010, Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
Township 151 on "Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map" Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
"Yamethin Google Satellite Map" Maplandia

Mandalay Region

Capital: Mandalay

Kyaukse District