Myaungmya Township is a township of Myaungmya District in the Ayeyarwady Region of Myanmar. The principal town is Myaungmya. It has an area of 444.9 mi². Myaungmya has high Karen population, comprising 40.3% of the population in 2019. Among the population were about 40,739 Christians, mostly Karens. The district is a deltaic tract, bordering sou…Myaungmya Township is a township of Myaungmya District in the Ayeyarwady Region of Myanmar. The principal town is Myaungmya. It has an area of 444.9 mi². Myaungmya has high Karen population, comprising 40.3% of the population in 2019. Among the population were about 40,739 Christians, mostly Karens. The district is a deltaic tract, bordering south on the sea and traversed by many tidal creeks. Daw Khin Kyi, the wife of national leader General Aung San was born in Myaungmya. The Township is the site of the Myaungmya Incident, the first large-scale armed ethnic clashes between Karens and Burmans in 1942. Rice cultivation and fishing occupy practically all the inhabitants of the district.