Myitkyina [2] ( Burmese မ ္ ရစ္ က ္ ရိး နား မ ္ ရုိ့ ; MLCTS : mrac kri: na: mrui. ) Is a city in Myanmar , the capital of Kachin , located 800 km from Mandalay . The name of the city means “by the big river”, meaning the Irrawaddy River . Here is the northernmost river port and train station . The population is mixed - Kachin , Shans , Burmese , Chinese and Indians . In the vicinity of the city are rice plantations, the best varieties and high yields.
| City | |
| Myitkyina | |
|---|---|
| မြစ်ကြီးနားမြို့ | |
| A country |  Myanmar |
| Myanmar | Myanmar |
| History and Geography | |
| Center height | |
| Timezone | UTC + 6: 30 |
| Population | |
| Population | 150,000 people |
| Nationalities | kachins, shans, Burmese, Chinese, Indians |
| Denominations | Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Muslims, animists |
| Official language | Myanmar |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +95 74 |
During World War II, the city passed from hand to hand, Japanese and Chinese troops fought for it, as a result, the city was occupied by the Allies led by General Joseph Stillwell . The city was of strategic importance as a transport hub .
The city is widespread Kachin and Burmese .
Myitkyina has two large bazaars, a university, a college, government-controlled computer facilities and many private educational institutions and Buddhist schools.
The population is about 150,000 people. Religions - Christianity and Buddhism . Minorities profess Hinduism , Islam , animism .
Foreign visitors need special permission to visit the city.
Schools
- Myichin University of Technology [1]
- Myichin University
- Kachinsky Theological College
Notes
- ↑ GeoNames - 2005.
- ↑ Geographic Encyclopedic Dictionary: Geographic Names / Ed. A.F. Treshnikov . - 2nd ed., Ext. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1989. - S. 326. - 210 000 copies. - ISBN 5-85270-057-6 .