Natogyi

Natogyi is a town in the Mandalay Division of central Myanmar.

At the time of King Swasawke, king of the Innwa first dynasty, in the Myanmar year 763, the town was called "Nwa Dho"(နွားဓိုရ်) as a village (nwa meaning "cow" and dho meaning "herd," for "the village which herds the cow"). Some named the village as Nwa To နွားတိုး (nwa meaning "cow" and to meaning "prosper," because the villager prospered by breeding the cow). There is an assumption that the name was changed from Nwa Dho, to Nwa To, to Natogyi according to the Shin Pin Tha Dohn Oo pagoda's bell inscription from the Myanmar year 1267. It was demarcated by 6 wards, 64 village tracts and 186 villages by order No. 103/49 branch (1) by the Ministry of Home Affairs and Religious Affairs on July 31, 1972.