Ahmar Subtownship

Ahmar Subtownship (Burmese: အမာမြို့နယ်ခွဲ) is a subtownship of Pyapon Township in Pyapon District, Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar. The namesake of the subtownship is Ahmar, a small town of 3,859 people.^[2] The subtownship is coastal, bordering the Andaman Sea to its south, east and west. To its north, it borders Bogale Township and the other parts of Pyapon Township. It is located near the Meinmahla Kyun Wildlife Sanctuary.

Ahmar Subtownship အမာမြို့နယ်ခွဲ
Subtownship
Location in Pyapon district
Coordinates: 15°49′N 95°28′E
Country	Myanmar
Region	Ayeyawady Region
District	Pyapon District
Township	Pyapon Township
Area
• Total	319.6 sq mi (827.8 km2)
Population  (2014)[1]	126,779
Time zone	UTC+6:30 (MST)

The township has a labour shortage and rising labour costs due to stresses from out-migration. Low income, lack of healthcare and lack of educational opportunities push rural residents in the subtownship towards Pyapon or Hlaingthaya, Yangon's industrial suburb. The lack of off-season crops makes the already low agricultural income seasonal income, prompting many young adults to move to urban areas as they become jobless after the harvesting season.^[3] Most people within this rural community are poor, earning only about one US dollar a day from agriculture, nipa palm harvesting or fishing.^[4]

References

1. "The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census: Ahmar Township Report". Open Development Cambodia (in Burmese). Open Development Myanmar. May 2017.
2. Myanmar Information Management Unit (September 2019). Pyapon Myone Daethasaingyarachatlatmya ဖျာပုံမြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ [Pyapon Township Regional Information] (PDF) (Report). MIMU. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
3. Myint Thida (2016). "Rural Urban Migration in Ayeyarwady Region: A Case Study of Ah Mar Sub-township, Pyapon District" (PDF). Paper Collection of Unknown Contemporary Issues for Sustainable Environmental and Rural Development in Myanmar. Kyoto University: Center for the Southeast Asian Studies: 65–74.
4. Myint Thida; Nwe Yin Min; Khin Myat Myat Mon; Nyi Nyi Aung (2019). "Rural Economy and Poverty in the Myanmar Delta: A case Study of Ahmar Sub-township, Ayeyarwady Region". In James, H. (ed.). Population, Development and the Environment. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 411–426. doi:10.1007/978-981-13-2101-6_24. ISBN 978-981-13-2100-9. S2CID 239265968.