Lower Myanmar Lower Myanmar Lower Burma (, also called Outer Myanmar) is a geographic region of Burma (Myanmar) and includes the low-lying Irrawaddy delta (Ayeyarwady, Bago and Yangon Regions), as well as coastal regions of the country (Rakhine and Mon States and Tanintharyi Region). In the Burmese language, people originating from Upper Burma are typically called "a-htet-tha" for men and "a-hiet-lhu" for women, whereas those from Lower Burma are called "auk tha" () for men and "auk thu" for women. While "a-nya tha" () refers to interior inhabitants of the country. Historically, Lower Burma referred to the part of Burma annexed by
Magway Region Rangoon and Mandalay. The major stops in Magway on that line are Taungdwingyi and Natmauk. In addition, there are two rail lines running north from the Irrawaddy port of Pakokku, one to Chaung-U in Sagaing Region and the other to the Myittha River valley past Myaing and Kyaw. The capital Magway has a small non-commercial airport with air traffic for the city of Magway mostly coming in through Bagan Airport at Nyaung U some 113 km to the north along the Irrawaddy. There are commercial airports at Gangaw, Kyauktu, Pakokku, and Pauk. , however, none of them have regularly scheduled