Mohnyin (, ; ) is a town in
Kachin State
Kachin State (; Jingpho language, Kachin: ) is the northernmost administrative divisions of Myanmar, state of Myanmar. It is bordered by China to the north and east (Tibet Autonomous Region, Tibet and Yunnan, respectively), Shan State to the sou ...
,
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 ...
. It is the administrative center for both
Mohnyin Township and
Mohnyin District
Mohnyin District () is a Districts of Burma, district of the Kachin State in northern Myanmar. The administrative center is Mohnyin.
Townships
The district contains the following three Townships of Burma, townships:
*Mongyaung Township
*Mohnyi ...
and it has a population of 33,290. Mohnyin means "land of the snipe" in
Shan.
History
The town of Mohnyin was the capital of
Mongyang State, also known as Möngyang (Mohnyin), one of the outlying
Shan States that was extinguished in 1604.
Shells of different sizes were found in mass on 19 September. Those were found in apple-pie order while rooting up a tree between Mohnyin District Court and the Township General Administration Department. From 19 to 24 October, 3,916 shells of 11 kinds have been dig out from about three feet deep in the ground.
Shells Page 7 Col 3
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References
External links
Satellite map at Maplandia.com
Falling Rain Genomics, Inc.
Populated places in Kachin State
Township capitals of Myanmar
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