Salin

Salin lies west of the Irrawaddy, where a river descending from the Arakan Mountains waters the dry plain. Irrigation channels carried water from the Salin River to fields around the town. Under the Konbaung kings, Salin was governed as a district whose villages and officials were recorded in administrative inquiries. Its name also belonged to a powerful court official, the lord of Salin, who became closely associated with Queen Me Nu during the troubled final years of King Bagyidaw's reign.