Hinthada

Hinthada lies on the Irrawaddy in the northern delta of Lower Burma. Here the great river leaves the narrower country upstream and enters a plain of branching waterways and seasonal floods. The surrounding district once belonged to the Mon kingdom of Pegu before being incorporated into the Burmese kingdom in the eighteenth century. River traffic connected the settlement with Prome to the north and the ports and villages of the delta downstream.