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Agriculture is also important. The major crops are sesamum and groundnut. Other crops grown are rice, millet, maize, sunflower, beans and pulses, tobacco, toddy, chili, onions, and potatoes. Famous products of Magway Division include: Thanaka (Limonia acidissima) and Phangar (Chebulic myorobalan) fruit.
Education :
List of Universities, Degree Colleges and Colleges in Magway Division 5. Magway Computer University 6. Pakokku University 9. Pakokku Technological University 10. Yenangyaung College
Places to go
Buddha came to stay at sandalwooden monastry called Sandagunanthar Kyaungtawyar. Buddha slept at the place of Minbu Setkeinte Pagoda and so Setkeinte Pagoda was built on it. The twin ogres Bawthaw and Bawkyaw from Magway came to bring the emerald couch on which lord Buddha lied and enshrined it on the nagoutama hillock and built Mya Tha Lon Pagoda in Magway. Every year, Mya Tha Lon Pagoda Festival is open in October and lasts about one month.
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Magway Division is located in the center of Myanmar. Four Districts of Magway Division are Magway District, Minbu District, Pakokku District and Thayet District. The principal product of Magway Division is petroleum. It produces most of the oil and natural gas of Myanmar. Magway Division produces a large quantity of edible oil as well as petroleum, hence gaining a reputation as the “oil pot of Myanmar.” 
Man Shwe Satt Taw Pagoda is situated in Minbu ( Saku )Township in Magway Division. It is 32 miles far from Minbu. It is called by this name because of Buddha’s two sacred food prints and being near Man stream. Man Shwe Satt Taw Pagoda festival is annually held from February to April.
Now, Ayeyarwady Bridge(Magway) has been built across the Ayeyarwady River and we can go there easily. As Man Shwe Satt Taw Pagoda Festival is open in spring, the weather is pleasant. We should go and worship at Buddha's sacred footprints and we should also enjoy swimming in cool Man stream. 
