Editing Sagaing Region (section)

==History==
===1st to 13th centuries===
[[File:Pyu city-states map.svg|thumb|180px|Pyu city in red]]

The [[Pyu people|Pyu]] were the first in recorded history to populate the area of Sagaing Region by the first century CE. The [[Bamar|Burmans]] first migrated into [[Upper Myanmar]] by the ninth century CE. The area came under the [[Pagan Kingdom]] certainly by the middle of the 11th century when the King [[Anawrahta]] (r. 1044–1077) founded the Pagan Empire, which encompasses the modern day Myanmar.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}

[[File:Pagan Empire -- Sithu II.PNG|thumb|180px|Pagan Empire]]

[[File:Mong Mao-the detail map.svg|thumb|left|Sagaing state came under  territory of Mong Mao in the heyday of the [[Si Kefa]] period (1360)]]

===13th to 19th centuries ===
[[File:Map of Taungoo Empire (1580).png|thumb|Map of Taungoo Empire in 1580 stretched from Manipur in the west to Cambodia in the east]]
After the fall of Pagan in 1287, the northwestern parts of Upper Myanmar came under the [[Sagaing Kingdom]] (1315–1364) ruled by Burmanized [[Shan people|Shan]] kings. The area was ruled by the kings of [[Ava Kingdom|Ava]] from 1364 to 1555 and the kings of [[Taungoo Dynasty|Taungoo]] from 1555 to 1752. [[Konbaung Dynasty]] (1752–1885), founded by king [[Alaungpaya]] in [[Shwebo]], became the last Burmese dynasty before the [[British Empire|British]] conquest of Upper Burma in 1885. The area became Sagaing Division after the Burmese independence in January 1948.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}

=== Modern era ===
[[File:Konbaung dynasty.png|thumb|150px|Konbaung Empire in 1824]]

In the aftermath of the [[2021 Myanmar coup d'état]], Sagaing Region, which is part of the [[Bamar people|Bamar]] homeland, emerged as a stronghold of resistance against military rule. [[Tatmadaw|Myanmar Armed Forces]] has engaged in significant military offensives throughout the region to quell resistance and intimidate local villagers. Sagaing Region has since become the site of several high-profile massacres by military forces, including the 2022 [[Let Yet Kone massacre]] and the 2023 [[Tar Taing massacre]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Maung Shwe Wah |date=2023-03-11 |title=In Myanmar's heartland, new horrors from a junta struggling for control |url=https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/in-myanmars-heartland-new-horrors-from-a-junta-struggling-for-control |access-date=2023-03-11 |website=Myanmar NOW |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2022-11-23 |title=The Tabayin School Attack |url=https://www.myanmarwitness.org/reports/the-tabayin-school-attack |access-date=2023-03-02 |website=Myanmar Witness |language=en}}</ref>

In March 2025, a {M|w|link=y} 7.7–7.9 [[2025 Myanmar earthquake|earthquake]] struck close to the capital city of Sagaing. Significant damage was recorded within the city and throughout the entire region.