Ayeyarwady Resistance Finally Coming Home

Ayeyarwady Region spans 13,570 sq. km and, according to the 2014 census, had a total population of over 6.1 million, making it the second most populous of Myanmar’s 14 regions and states.

It remains the country’s rice bowl and is vital to its economy.

As elsewhere in the country, the people of Ayeyarwady responded to the military’s 2021 coup with mass street protests. But while armed resistance erupted in many parts of the country, the region remained largely passive, prompting the question whether it was the most pro-junta part of Myanmar.