Complex sentence: As of 1911, Hanthawaddy was a district in the Bago (or "Pegu") division of Lower Burma, the home district of Rangoon, from which the town was detached to make a separate district in 1880.
Split into simpler sentences: As of 1911, Hanthawaddy was a district in the Bago (or "Pegu") division of Lower Burma. It lies in the home district of Rangoon, from which the town was detached to make a separate district in 1880.