Pyay District

Pyay District (Burmese: ပြည်ခရိုင်, Pyae Hkăyaing) is a district of the Bago Region in Myanmar, and is bordered by Aunglan District of the Magway Region to the north, Taungoo District to the east, Tharrawaddy District to the south, and Thandwe District of Rakhine State to the west.

The capital is Pyay, which is a major regional centre, and located in the north of the district. The district has a population of 1,050,149 people.

Geography
Pyay District is centred on the Irrawaddy River, which flows southward through the middle of the district, and is surrounded by flat plains and a few ridges. The district is bounded to the west by the Arakan Mountains (Rakhine Yoma) to the west, and the Bago Yoma hills to the east.