Payagyi

Payagyi (Burmese: ဘုရားကြီး; also spelt Hpayargyi or Hpayagyi) is a town in Bago Township, Bago Region, Myanmar that was elevated from village status in 2013.[2] The four villages the Hpayargyi village tract- Hpayagyi, Shansu, Taungpeteekone and Natkin- were consolidated into three urban wards of the newly created town of Payagyi by the Ministry of Home Affairs.[3]

Hpayargyi
ဘုရားကြီး
Town
Hpayargyi
Location in Myanmar
Coordinates: 17°28′31″N 96°31′36″E
Country Myanmar
RegionBago Region
DistrictBago District
TownshipBago Township
Village tractHpayargyi village tract
Elevated from village23 May 2013
Area
 • Total7.04 sq mi (18.2 km2)
Population
 (2019)[1]
19,552
Time zoneUTC+6.30 (MMT)

The town is located roughly 10 miles northeast of Bago via the Yangon-Mandalay Highway. Payagyi is also the starting point of National Highway 8 and serves as a junction along the Asian Highway Network between AH1's main route and its spur going to Yangon.[4]

In 2014, the 2014 Myanmar Census counted 16,805 people in the three urban wards of Payagyi.[5] In 2018 the General Administration Department estimated the population at 17,521 people, increasing to 19,551 people in 2019.[1]

References
  1. Myanmar Information Management Unit (December 19, 2019). Bago Myone Daethasaingyarachatlatmya ပဲခူမြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ [Bago Township Regional Information] (PDF) (Report). MIMU. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
  2. "Place codes (Pcodes)". Myanmar Information Management Unit. June 2020.
  3. အမိန့်ကြော်ငြာစာ (၄၃၉/၂၀၁၃) [Notification (439/2013)] (PDF) (Notification 439/2023) (in Burmese). Ministry of Home Affairs. 28 June 2013.
  4. "INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT ON THE ASIAN HIGHWAY NETWORK" (PDF).
  5. "Bago Township Report" (PDF). 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census. October 2017.
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