Meiktila

E302292
city

Meiktila is a city in central Myanmar that served as a key strategic location during World War II, particularly in the Burma Campaign.

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Label Occurrences
Meiktila canonical 2

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
administrativeDivision Meiktila Township ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
conflict Burma campaign ⓘ
surface form: Burma Campaign

World War II ⓘ
controlledByDuringWWII British Empire ⓘ
Imperial Japan ⓘ
country Myanmar ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
services ⓘ
trade ⓘ
eventDate Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Meiktila occurred in early 1945
hasEducationalInstitution Defence Services Technological Academy (near Meiktila) ⓘ
Meiktila University ⓘ
hasTransport nearby airfield ⓘ
railway connection ⓘ
road junction ⓘ
historicalEvent Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Meiktila
historicalSignificance key strategic location in the Burma Campaign of World War II ⓘ
languageUsed Burmese ⓘ
locatedIn Mandalay Region ⓘ
central Myanmar ⓘ
locatedNear Mandalay ⓘ
Pyawbwe ⓘ
Thazi ⓘ
locatedOn Meiktila Lake ⓘ
locatedOnRoute Mandalay–Taunggyi road corridor ⓘ
militarySignificance air support base during Allied offensive in 1945 ⓘ
logistics base during Burma Campaign ⓘ
partOf Meiktila District ⓘ
railwayLine Thazi–Myingyan line (nearby junction) ⓘ
recapturedBy Allied forces ⓘ
Fourteenth Army ⓘ
surface form: British Fourteenth Army

Indian Army ⓘ
surface form: Indian Army units
regionType dry zone of Myanmar ⓘ
religion Theravada ⓘ
surface form: Theravada Buddhism
roadConnection Yangon–Mandalay Highway (via connecting roads) ⓘ
strategicRole airfield center used in Burma Campaign ⓘ
major communications and transport hub in central Burma during WWII ⓘ
timeZone Myanmar Standard Time ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
local water supply ⓘ
utcOffset +6:30 ⓘ
waterSource Meiktila Lake ⓘ

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

Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay → hasLocationComponent → Meiktila ⓘ
Mandalay Region → containsCity → Meiktila ⓘ