Upper Burma

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historical region region of Myanmar

Upper Burma is the northern, historically significant region of present-day Myanmar, encompassing the Irrawaddy River valley and serving as the heartland of several precolonial Burmese kingdoms.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Upper Myanmar	15
Upper Burma canonical	14
Burma proper	1
Irrawaddy valley and surrounding highlands	1
Kachin	1
Myitkyina region	1
Northern Burma	1
Upper Burma Province	1
central Burma	1
northern Burma	1
northern Myanmar	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical region ⓘ region of Myanmar ⓘ
borders	Tenasserim ⓘ surface form: Lower Burma
climate	predominantly tropical savanna and monsoon climate ⓘ
colonialPower	United Kingdom ⓘ
colonialStatus	administered as a separate territory by British Burma after 1886 ⓘ annexed by the British Empire in 1885 ⓘ
containsRegion	Chin State ⓘ Kachin ⓘ surface form: Kachin State Magway Region ⓘ Mandalay Region ⓘ Sagaing Region ⓘ Shan State ⓘ
containsValley	Irrawaddy River ⓘ surface form: Irrawaddy River valley
country	Myanmar ⓘ
dominantEthnicGroup	Bamar ⓘ
dominantReligion	Theravada ⓘ surface form: Theravada Buddhism
economy	center of traditional irrigated rice cultivation along the Irrawaddy ⓘ
formerName	Upper Burma self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Upper Burma Province
hasCapital	Mandalay ⓘ
historicalCapital	Amarapura ⓘ Ava ⓘ Mandalay ⓘ Pagan ⓘ
historicalRole	core area of the Ava Kingdom ⓘ core area of the Konbaung Kingdom ⓘ core area of the Pagan Kingdom ⓘ heartland of precolonial Burmese kingdoms ⓘ
language	Burmese ⓘ
locatedIn	Indochinese Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Mainland Southeast Asia Myanmar ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ
majorCity	Mandalay ⓘ Monywa ⓘ Myitkyina ⓘ Pyin Oo Lwin ⓘ Sagaing ⓘ
mergedWith	Tenasserim ⓘ surface form: Lower Burma
mergeEvent	administratively merged with Lower Burma in 1886 ⓘ
otherEthnicGroup	Chin ⓘ Kachin ⓘ Shan ⓘ
partOf	Myanmar ⓘ surface form: Burma Myanmar ⓘ
precolonialPolity	Ava Kingdom ⓘ Konbaung Dynasty ⓘ surface form: Konbaung Kingdom Pagan Kingdom ⓘ
topography	Upper Burma self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Irrawaddy valley and surrounding highlands
traversedBy	Irrawaddy River ⓘ

Referenced by (38)

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

Burma (until 1937) → includedRegion → Upper Burma ⓘ

Burma (until 1937) → ethnicGroups → Upper Burma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kachin

Ledo Road → passesThrough → Upper Burma ⓘ

this entity surface form: northern Burma

Ledo Road → passesThrough → Upper Burma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Myitkyina region

Chindits → areaOfOperations → Upper Burma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Burma

Upper Burma → topography → Upper Burma self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irrawaddy valley and surrounding highlands

Upper Burma → formerName → Upper Burma self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Burma Province

Shan States → borderedBy → Upper Burma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burma proper

Kachin → region → Upper Burma ⓘ

this entity surface form: northern Myanmar

Special Force → areaOfOperations → Upper Burma ⓘ

this entity surface form: central Burma

Mandlay prison → locatedInRegion → Upper Burma ⓘ

subject surface form: Mandalay Prison

Tai-Ahom people → migrationOriginTradition → Upper Burma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Myanmar

Pagan Kingdom → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Upper Burma ⓘ

Kingdom of Ava → locatedIn → Upper Burma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Myanmar

Mandalay Region → locatedIn → Upper Burma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Myanmar

Ava → locatedIn → Upper Burma ⓘ

Ava Kingdom → locatedIn → Upper Burma ⓘ

Ava Kingdom → dominantIn → Upper Burma ⓘ

Anglo-Burmese Wars → location → Upper Burma ⓘ

subject surface form: Third Anglo-Burmese War

Burmese–Siamese wars → involvedRegion → Upper Burma ⓘ

King Mindon → domain → Upper Burma ⓘ

Mandalay Hill → region → Upper Burma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Myanmar

Mandalay Palace → locatedIn → Upper Burma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Myanmar

Kuthodaw Pagoda → locatedIn → Upper Burma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Myanmar

Mandalay University → locatedInRegion → Upper Burma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Myanmar

Mandalay University → regionServed → Upper Burma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Myanmar

Mandalay Technological University → locatedIn → Upper Burma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Myanmar

Mandalay Technological University → regionServed → Upper Burma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Myanmar

Amarapura → historicalRegion → Upper Burma ⓘ

Shwenandaw Monastery → locatedIn → Upper Burma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Myanmar

University of Medicine, Mandalay → regionServed → Upper Burma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Myanmar

Maha Myat Muni Pagoda → locatedIn → Upper Burma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Myanmar

Atumashi Monastery → locatedIn → Upper Burma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Myanmar

Province of Burma → containsAdministrativeTerritory → Upper Burma ⓘ

Intha Burmese → linguisticRegion → Upper Burma ⓘ

Mongpan → locatedIn → Upper Burma ⓘ

royal chronicles of Burma → region → Upper Burma ⓘ

subject surface form: Royal Chronicles of Burma

Bagan temples → region → Upper Burma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Myanmar