Lewe: History
At first, in Burma, in the year 191, it was because of "'Mg-Ngwet '" (မောင်နွဲ့ )founded Lewe on a small hill called initially "Nga-Ngwet-Gone or Nga-Ngwe-Gone" (ငနွဲ့ကုန်း ခေါ် ငနွယ်ကုန်း), later to become "Wa-Ngwe-Gone" (ဝါးနွယ်ကုန်း). Name terms often change according to a change of era. The site of the old town was located around "Myoh-Gone Village" from southwest of new Lewe. The old town was about 1050 feet long from east to west and wide about 840 feet from north to south. According to the expression of ancient historical records, it was known that each brick high-wall of the town was 15-feet high with a moat around the high-wall.
"Min-Nagar (မင်းနဂါး) :King of Dragons" ruled " Wa-Ngwe-Gone" as Duke till Burma Year 191. In the beginning of year 202, when he reigned as King of Taung-Dwin-Gyi, he appointed to MP U Shwe-Lou as Duke of Wa-Ngwe-Gone. Such old town, Wa-Ngwe-Gone, was ruled by successive rulers.
Madam Khin-Oo, mother of Da-Bin-Shwe-Htee, who reigned in Kay-Tu-Ma-Ti, Taungoo in the beginning of the Burma year 892, was also a daughter of the Head of Wa-Ngwe-Gone Region. From the beginning of the year 1788 to nowadays, also called Lewe or Leiway.
Since the time of excavation to Sin-Own-Lake, agricultural sector such as rice cultivation improved widely in the whole region and rice mills and oil mills were established. As Lewe is a forested region, timber production flourished.