A country north of the river Mahí, evidently a part of Anga on the other side of that river (Angá eva so janapado; Gangáya [Mahámahígangáya] pana yá uttarena ápo, tásam avidúrattá Uttarápati vuccati) (SnA.ii.437).
It was here, in the village Ápana, that the Buddha was staying when the Jatila Keniya came to see him; here also was preached the Sela Sutta (Sn.102f). From Bhaddiya (in Anga), (DhA.i.384) the Buddha went to Anguttárapa and thence to Ápana (Vin.i.243-5; DhA.iii.363).
The country was probably rich because we find as many as 1,250 monks accompanying the Buddha on his tour (Sn.102f).
Other suttas preached here are the Potaliya (M.i.359), and the Latukikopama (M.i.447).
Apana seems to have been the chief township, because it is always mentioned in connection with Anguttarápa.