Myitta Subtownship () is a subtownship of

Dawei Township Dawei Township () is a township of Dawei District in the Taninthayi Division of Myanmar. The principal town is Dawei. 2014 demographics The 2014 Myanmar Census reported that Dawei Township had a population of 125,605. The population density w ...

, Dawei District in the

Taninthayi Division Tanintharyi Region (, ; Mon: or ; formerly Tenasserim Division and Tanintharyi Division) is a region of Myanmar, covering the long narrow southern part of the country on the northern Malay Peninsula, reaching to the Kra Isthmus. It borders th ...

Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

. The main town is

Myitta Myitta Subtownship () is a subtownship of Dawei Township, Dawei District in the Taninthayi Division of Myanmar. The main town is Myitta (Matamyu), located on the western side of the Tenasserim Range near the confluence of two tributaries of the G ...

(Matamyu), located on the western side of the

Tenasserim Range The Tenasserim Hills or Tenasserim Range (, ; , , ; ) is the geographical name of a roughly 1,700 km long mountain chain, part of the Indo-Malayan mountain system in Southeast Asia. Despite their relatively scant altitude these mo ...

near the confluence of two tributaries of the

Great Tenasserim River The Great Tenasserim River or the Tanintharyi River is a major river of southeastern Burma. It flows through the Tanintharyi Region, past the town of Tanintharyi, and enters the sea at Myeik (Mergui). The river rises from the Tenasserim Range at ...

History

At the time of the 1765–67 Burmese–Siamese War General

Maha Nawrahta Gen. Maha Nawrahta (, , called Mang Maha Noratha by Damrong Rajanubhab; d. March 1767) was joint commander-in-chief of the Royal Burmese Army from 1765 to 1767. The general is best known for commanding the southern invasion force in the Burmese ...

of the

Royal Burmese armed forces The Royal Armed Forces (,See (Maha Yazawin 2006: 26), (Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 236), (Hmannan Vol. 2 2012: 2) for example. ) were the armed forces of the History of Myanmar, Burmese monarchy from the 9th to 19th centuries. It refers to the ...

led his 20,000-strong main southern army to invade Siam via the Myitta Pass. During the

Japanese conquest of Burma The Japanese invasion of Burma was a series of battles fought in the British colony of Burma (present-day Myanmar) as part of the Pacific Theater of World War II. The initial invasion in 1942 resulted in the capture of Rangoon and the retre ...

, the forces of the

Imperial Japanese Army The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA; , ''Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun'', "Army of the Greater Japanese Empire") was the principal ground force of the Empire of Japan from 1871 to 1945. It played a central role in Japan’s rapid modernization during th ...

began their invasion crossing the

Tenasserim Hills The Tenasserim Hills or Tenasserim Range (, ; , , ; ) is the geographical name of a roughly 1,700 km long mountain chain, part of the Indo-Malayan mountain system in Southeast Asia. Despite their relatively scant altitude these mo ...

through Myitta Pass from

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

. In the night of 17/18 January 1942 they attacked Myitta town. The three 6th Burma Rifles companies of the Tavoy garrison posted there were not able to put up resistance and fled into the forests. Currently a road is being built to

Dawei Dawei (, ; , ; , RTGS: ''Thawai'', ; formerly known as Tavoy) is a city in south-eastern Myanmar and is the capital of the Tanintharyi Region, formerly known as the Tenasserim Division, on the eastern bank of the Dawei River. The city is about ...

(Tavoy) from

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estim ...

through the

Phu Nam Ron Phu Nam Ron () is a pass across the Tenasserim Hills on the border between Thailand and Myanmar, at an elevation of . The border checkpoint on the Thai side is in Ban Kao Subdistrict, Mueang Kanchanaburi District, Kanchanaburi Province. Border ...

border pass that will improve communication with Myitta town.The Economist - Infrastructure for the new Myanmar
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References

External links

Myanmar's Dawei Road Link from Myitta to DDC Office 20131015 # 4
Subtownships of Tanintharyi Region {{Taninthayi-geo-stub