Shwebo is one of the seven districts of the North-West Border Division in Upper Burma. It was constituted in its present form in 1895 by the amalgamation of the old Shwebo and Ye-u districts. It is 5,714 square miles in extent and lies between 22° 10' and 23° 52' North and 94° 47' and 96° 1' East. On the north it marches with Katha District; on the east with Katha District (Mogok Subdivision) and Manda lay District; on the south with Sagaing and Lower Chindwin Districts and on the west with the Upper Chindwin District. No official notification of the boundaries of the District has been traced, but they may be described as follows:-