{{Short description|Mountain range in Myanmar}} {{Infobox mountain | name=Pegu Range | other_name=ပဲခူးရိုးမ | image=Mount popa.JPG | image_caption=Mount Popa | country= Burma | region= | parent= | borders_on= | geology= | age= | orogeny= | highest=Mount Popa | elevation_m=1518 | coordinates = {{coord|20|55|27|N|95|15|02|E|type:mountain|format=dms|display=inline}} | range_coordinates = {{coord|20|55.3|N|95|14.9|E|type:mountain|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | length_km= 475 | length_orientation=N/S | width_km= 60 | width_orientation=E/W | map=Myanmar | map_caption=Location in Myanmar }} The '''Pegu Range ''' ({{langx|my|ပဲခူးရိုးမ}}; '''Pegu Yoma''' or '''Bago Yoma''') is a range of low mountains or hills<ref name="Seekins-357">Seekins, Donald M. (2006) ''Historical dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)'' Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland, [https://books.google.com/books?id=zY5F88wiDYYC&pg=PA357 page 357], {{ISBN|0-8108-5476-7}}</ref> and uplands<ref>Seekins, Donald M. (2006) ''Historical dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)'' Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland, [https://books.google.com/books?id=zY5F88wiDYYC&pg=PA191 page 191], {{ISBN|0-8108-5476-7}}</ref> between the Irrawaddy and the Sittaung River in central Burma (Myanmar). The range runs from Mount Popa in the north to Singuttara Hill (Theingottara Hill) in the south. Both the Pegu River and the Sittaung River originate in the Pegu Range.

==High points== Among the notable peaks or hilltops are {{convert|1518|m}} high Mount Popa, a stratovolcano,<ref name="Moore-44">Moore, Elizabeth H. (2007) ''Early landscapes of Myanmar'' River Books, Bangkok, page 44, {{ISBN|974-9863-31-3}}</ref> Sinnamaung Taung 2,693 feet (820 m), Shwenape Taung 2,631feet (802 m), TALAN Taung 2,050 feet (625 m), Binhontaung {{convert|2003|ft}},<ref name="Thayetmyo, Burma, NE 46-4">topographic map, 1:250,000 [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/burma/txu-oclc-6924198-ne46-4.jpg Thayetmyo, Burma, NE 46-4], Series U542, United States Army Map Service, October 1959</ref> Kodittaung {{convert|1885|ft}},<ref name="Thayetmyo, Burma, NE 46-4"/> Phoe-Oo Taung <ref name="Moore-44"/> and Singguttara Hill (Theingottara Hill).<ref name="Moore-44"/>

==Geology== The Pegu Range consists of folded and faulted Paleogene marine sediments combined with more recent volcanics.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}

==History== The Shwedagon Pagoda was built sometime before 1000 A.D. on Singuttara Hill.

The Pegu Range was the original site of the 1930–1931 Saya San uprising against the British. Saya San raised the flag of independence on Alantaung Hill near Tharrawaddy.<ref>Ghosh, Parimal (2000) ''Brave men of the hills: resistance and rebellion in Burma, 1825–1932'' University of Hawai'i Press, Honolulu, Hawaii, [https://books.google.com/books?id=RrWc4e0bBVAC&pg=PA174 page 174], {{ISBN|0-8248-2207-2}}</ref>

Later the Pegu Range became a center for the Communist Party of Burma.<ref>Seekins, Donald M. (2006) ''Historical dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)'' Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland, [https://books.google.com/books?id=zY5F88wiDYYC&pg=PA151 page 151], {{ISBN|0-8108-5476-7}}</ref>

==Ecology== {{See also|Teak in Myanmar}} The northern end of the Pegu merges into the Burmese Dry Zone'','' while in the south there is over {{convert|80|in}} of rainfall a year.<ref name="Stamp-105">Stamp, L. Dudley (1930) "Burma: An Undeveloped Monsoon Country" ''Geographical Review'' 20(1): pp.86-109, page 105</ref> The hills of the Pegu Range were originally heavily forested with teak and other commercially exploitable hardwoods.<ref name="Seekins-357"/><ref name="Stamp-105"/> The southern forests were "ironwood forests", while the central and northern forests were teak.<ref>de Terra, Hellmut (1944) "Component Geographic Factors of the Natural Regions of Burma" ''Annals of the Association of American Geographers'' 34(2): pp. 67-96, page 82</ref> Extensive logging has caused the present deforestation and increased erosion in the area.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}

In 2016, the National League for Democracy government imposed a one-year moratorium on logging throughout the country, and was extended to a decade for the Pegu Range due to the extent of deforestation there.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Frontier |date=2025-05-09 |title=Logged out: Conflict drives deforestation in Bago mountains |url=https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/logged-out-conflict-drives-deforestation-in-bago-mountains/ |access-date=2025-05-14 |website=Frontier Myanmar |language=en-US}}</ref>

In the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, illegal logging of teak and deforestation of the mountain's forests has intensified, involving both the military junta and the resistance People's Defence Force.<ref name=":0" />

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