Hmawbi

Hmawbi lies north of Dagon in the low country between the Irrawaddy delta and the Pegu Yoma. Traces of old town walls survive in the area, recalling settlement before the growth of nearby Yangon. Streams cross the plain towards the delta waterways, while forested hills rise to the north and east. The district lay within the wider lands of Hanthawaddy, whose rulers governed Lower Burma from the royal city of Pegu.