Htigyaing

Htigyaing stands on the Irrawaddy in northern Burma, where the great river flows south through a landscape of hills and forest. Its position on the water makes it a river port between the upper Irrawaddy and the plains farther downstream. The surrounding country belongs to the region between Katha and the central Burmese lowlands, where tributary streams descend from the hills to join the main river.