In 1996, it had a population of over 5,300,000 while its population in 2012 was 6,600,000. The region has an area of 93,527 square kilometres (36,111 sq mi). It is bordered by India's Nagaland, Manipur, and Arunachal Pradesh States to the north, Kachin State, Shan State, and Mandalay Region to the east, Mandalay Region and Magway Region to the south, with the Ayeyarwady River forming a greater part of its eastern and also southern boundary, and Chin State and India to the west. Sagaing Region ( Burmese: စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, pronounced formerly Sagaing Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar, located in the north-western part of the country between latitude 21° 30' north and longitude 94° 97' east.
