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Pegu Range
Mountain range in Myanmar
Mountain range in Myanmar
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| name | Pegu Range | |
| other_name | ပဲခူးရိုးမ | |
| photo | Mount popa.JPG | |
| photo_caption | Mount Popa | |
| country | Burma | |
| highest | Mount Popa | |
| elevation_m | 1518 | |
| coordinates | ||
| range_coordinates | ||
| length_km | 475 | length_orientation=N/S |
| width_km | 60 | width_orientation=E/W |
| map | Myanmar | |
| map_caption | Location in Myanmar |
The **Pegu Range ** (; 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 1518 m high Mount Popa, a stratovolcano, Sinnamaung Taung 2,693 feet (820 m), Shwenape Taung 2,631feet (802 m), TALAN Taung 2,050 feet (625 m), Binhontaung 2003 ft, Kodittaung 1885 ft, 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 in the south there is over 80 in of rainfall a year. The hills of the Pegu Range were originally heavily forested with teak and other commercially exploitable hardwoods. The southern forests were "ironwood forests", while the central and northern forests were teak. Extensive logging has caused the present deforestation and increased erosion in the area.
In 2016, the National League for Democracy government imposed a one-year moratorium on logging throughout the country, and was extended to a decade for the Pegu Range due to the extent of deforestation there.
In the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, illegal logging of teak and deforestation of the mountain's forests has intensified, involving both the military junta and the resistance People's Defence Force.
Notes
References
- 0-8108-5476-7
- 0-8108-5476-7
- Moore, Elizabeth H. (2007) ''Early landscapes of Myanmar'' River Books, Bangkok, page 44, {{ISBN. 974-9863-31-3
- topographic map, 1:250,000 [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/burma/txu-oclc-6924198-ne46-4.jpg Thayetmyo, Burma, NE 46-4], Series U542, United States Army Map Service, October 1959
- 0-8248-2207-2
- 0-8108-5476-7
- Stamp, L. Dudley (1930) "Burma: An Undeveloped Monsoon Country" ''Geographical Review'' 20(1): pp.86-109, page 105
- de Terra, Hellmut (1944) "Component Geographic Factors of the Natural Regions of Burma" ''Annals of the Association of American Geographers'' 34(2): pp. 67-96, page 82
- Frontier. (2025-05-09). "Logged out: Conflict drives deforestation in Bago mountains".
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