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.

Aliases (9)

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	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 State → Magway Region → Mandalay Region → Sagaing Region → Shan State →
containsValley	Irrawaddy River valley →
country	Myanmar →
dominantEthnicGroup	Bamar →
dominantReligion	Theravada Buddhism →
economy	center of traditional irrigated rice cultivation along the Irrawaddy →
formerName	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	Mainland Southeast Asia → Myanmar → Southeast Asia →
majorCity	Mandalay → Monywa → Myitkyina → Pyin Oo Lwin → Sagaing →
mergedWith	Lower Burma →
mergeEvent	administratively merged with Lower Burma in 1886 →
otherEthnicGroup	Chin → Kachin → Shan →
partOf	Burma → Myanmar →
precolonialPolity	Ava Kingdom → Konbaung Kingdom → Pagan Kingdom →
topography	Irrawaddy valley and surrounding highlands →
traversedBy	Irrawaddy River →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chindits ("Northern Burma") → Special Force ("central Burma") →	areaOfOperations
Ledo Road ("northern Burma") → Ledo Road ("Myitkyina region") →	passesThrough
Shan States ("Burma proper") →	borderedBy
Burma (until 1937) ("Kachin") →	ethnicGroups
Upper Burma ("Upper Burma Province") →	formerName
Burma (until 1937) →	includedRegion
Mandalay Prison →	locatedInRegion
Kachin ("northern Myanmar") →	region
Upper Burma ("Irrawaddy valley and surrounding highlands") →	topography