Myitkyina

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city regional capital

Myitkyina is the capital of Kachin State in northern Myanmar, known as a key regional center and transport hub near the upper reaches of the Irrawaddy River.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Myitkyina canonical 7
Myitkyina airfield 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
regional capital ⓘ
administrativeDivisionType district capital ⓘ
airportIATA MYT ⓘ
capitalOf Kachin State ⓘ
climateClassification tropical savanna climate ⓘ
connectedByRailTo Mandalay ⓘ
Sagaing Region ⓘ
connectedByRiverTo Bhamo ⓘ
Mandalay ⓘ
country Myanmar ⓘ
countryCapitalType state capital ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
jade trade ⓘ
timber ⓘ
trade ⓘ
elevation approximately 144 meters above sea level ⓘ
formerCountry Myanmar ⓘ
surface form: Burma
governingCountryCapital Naypyidaw ⓘ
hasAirport Myitkyina Airport ⓘ
hasReligiousInstitution Catholic Diocese of Myitkyina ⓘ
hasUniversity Myitkyina University ⓘ
historicalSignificance strategic location in World War II ⓘ
language Burmese ⓘ
Jinghpaw ⓘ
locatedIn Kachin State ⓘ
locatedInRegion northern Myanmar ⓘ
locatedInSubregion Southeast Asia ⓘ
locatedNear Chinese border ⓘ
upper reaches of the Irrawaddy River ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Mandalay ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Asia ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Irrawaddy River ⓘ
majorEthnicGroups Bamar ⓘ
surface form: Bamar people

Kachin people ⓘ
near Ledo Road terminus area ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
riverBasin Irrawaddy River ⓘ
surface form: Irrawaddy River basin
riverFunction starting point for navigation on upper Irrawaddy ⓘ
role regional center ⓘ
transport hub ⓘ
strategicRole military significance due to border proximity ⓘ
timeZone Myanmar Standard Time ⓘ
transportFunction railway terminus ⓘ
river port ⓘ
road junction ⓘ
utcOffset +6:30 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Irrawaddy River → majorCityOnRiver → Myitkyina ⓘ
Upper Burma → majorCity → Myitkyina ⓘ
Siege of Myitkyina → location → Myitkyina ⓘ
Siege of Myitkyina → airfieldCaptured → Myitkyina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Myitkyina airfield
Siege of Myitkyina → townCaptured → Myitkyina ⓘ
Genzo Mizukami → placeOfActivity → Myitkyina ⓘ
Kachin State → capital → Myitkyina ⓘ
Kachin State → largestCity → Myitkyina ⓘ