Sagaing Region is an administrative region located in the north-west of Myanmar. It shares an international border with India’s Naga land and Manipur states, as well as internal state borders with Kachin, Shan (North), Mandalay, Magway, and Chin with the Ayeyarwady River providing much of its eastern and southern boundary. It is geographically Myanmar’s second largest state after Shan State, covering 94,621km² delineated as 37 townships, 3 of which form the Naga Self-administered Zone bordering India. Sagaing has the fourth largest state/region population at 5.13 million (2011 HMIS data), and a density of 54 people per square kilometre. 15% of the population live in urban areas, and the remaining 83% in rural areas. The state capital, Sagaing, is located close to the stats’ southern border with Mandalay.