The area comprising Lewe Township was previously called
Nga-nwe-kon (ငနွဲ့ကုန်း),
Nwekon (နွယ်ကုန်း), and
Wa-nwe-kon-zu (ဝါးနွယ်ကုန်းစု), in reference to its establishment on a hillock. In 191
Myanmar Era, the area was called "Nga-Ngwet-Gone or Nga-Ngwe-Gone" (ငနွဲ့ကုန်း ခေါ် ငနွယ်ကုန်း) after the town's founder "Maung Ngwet" (မောင်နွဲ့), who founded Lewe on a small hill. It later became"Wa-Ngwe-Gone". 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 and a moat around the High-Wall was displayed. "Min-Nagar" (မင်းနဂါး): King of Dragons ruled "Wa-Ngwe-Gone" as Duke till Burma Year 191. At the beginning of year 202, when he reigned as King of Taung-Dwin-Gyi, he appointed MP U Shwe-Lou as Duke of Wa-Ngwe-Gone. Such an old town, Wa-Ngwe-Gone, was ruled by successive rulers. Madam Khin-Oo, the mother of Da-Bin-Shwe-Htee, who reigned in Kay-Tu-Ma-Ti, Taungoo at 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 nowaday, also called Lewe or Leeway. Since the time of excavation to Sin-Own-Lake, agricultural sector such as rice cultivation improved widely in the whole region, and rice mills, oil mills were established. As Lewe is a forest coverage region, timber production was well flourished before. Since 1788, it has been known as Lewe. ==Location and population==