[3] The Pegu Range consists of folded and faulted Paleogene marine sediments combined with more recent volcanics.

The Pegu Range was the original site of the 1930–1931 Saya San uprising against the British.

Saya San raised the flag of independence on Alantaung Hill near Tharrawaddy.

[6] The northern end of the Pegu merges into the Burmese Dry Belt, while in the south there is over 80 inches of rainfall a year.

[7] The hills of the Pegu Range were originally heavily forested with teak and other commercially exploitable hardwoods.