Pegu Range
mountain range
The Pegu Range (Burmese: ပဲခူးရိုးမ; Pegu Yoma or Bago Yoma) is a range of low mountains or hills and uplands between the Irrawaddy and the Sittaung River in central Burma (Myanmar). The range runs from Mount Popa in the north to Singuttara Hill (Theingottara Hill) in the south. Both the Pegu River and the Sittaung River originate in the Pegu Range.
High points
Among the notable peaks or hilltops are 1,518 metres (4,980 ft) high Mount Popa, a stratovolcano, Sinnamaung Taung 2,693 feet (820 m), Shwenape Taung 2,631 feet (802 m), TALAN Taung 2,050 feet (625 m), Binhontaung 2,003 feet (611 m), Kodittaung 1,885 feet (575 m), Phoe-Oo Taung and Singguttara Hill (Theingottara Hill).
Geology
The Pegu Range consists of folded and faulted Paleogene marine sediments combined with more recent volcanics.
History
The Shwedagon Pagoda was built sometime before 1000 A.D. on Singuttara Hill.
The Pegu Range was the original site of the 1930–1931 Saya San uprising against the British. Saya San raised the flag of independence on Alantaung Hill near Tharrawaddy.
Later the Pegu Range became a center for the Communist Party of Burma.
Ecology
The northern end of the Pegu merges into the Burmese Dry Zone, while the south receives over 80 inches (2,000 mm) of rainfall a year.
The public source identifies “Pegu Range” as mountain range. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Pegu, Range and mountain.
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