Heho ( my, ဟဲဟိုး) is a small town in

Kalaw Township Kalaw Township ( my, ကလောမြို့နယ်) is a Townships of Myanmar, township of Taunggyi District in the Shan State of Myanmar. The principal town is Kalaw. This township contains Kalaw, Aungban and Heho. Kakaw tsp in ...<br></span></div>, <div class= Taunggyi District Taunggyi District ( my, တောင်ကြီးခရိုင်) is a district of Shan State in Burma. The principal town and administrative center is Taunggyi. This district has 12 towns and 3001 villages. Popular tourist sites, Inle Lake a ...

Shan State Shan State ( my, ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်, ; shn, မိူင်းတႆး, italics=no) also known by the Endonym and exonym, endonyms Shanland, Muang Tai, and Tailong, is a administrative divisions of Myanmar, state of Myanmar. ...

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(formerly Burma). It is the primary air gateway to

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areas such as

Inle Lake Inle Lake (, ), a freshwater lake located in the Nyaungshwe Township of Shan State, part of Shan Hills in Myanmar (Burma). It is the second largest lake in Myanmar with an estimated surface area of , and one of the highest at an elevation of ...

. Heho is connected by NH4 to Sakangyi and

Taunggyi Taunggyi ( ; Shan: ; Pa'O: ) is the capital and largest city of Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) and lies on the Thazi-Kyaingtong road at an elevation of , just north of Shwenyaung and Inle Lake within the Myelat region. Taunggyi is the fifth lar ...

, the capital of the Shan State in the east. A dirt road northwest from Heho leads to the old silver-lead mines of Maw Son (Baw Zaing).

Climate

History

It was a small village of

Danu people The Danu people ( my, ဓနု) are a government-recognized ethnic group in Myanmar, predominantly populating the areas near the Pindaya Caves in Shan State. They speak the Danu language.

. The village grew into a town in the 1920s when the single-line railway line was extended from Aungpan to

Shwenyaung Shwe Nyaung is located in southern Shan state of Myanmar (formerly Burma). It is near Taunggyi Taunggyi ( ; Shan: ; Pa'O: ) is the capital and largest city of Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) and lies on the Thazi-Kyaingtong road at an elevation o ...

, and Heho was determined to be a convenient intermediate stop and transfer point. Later an

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was built, northwest of the town. The

served as an airbase both for the Allies and the

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during

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. The airbase was heavily bombed by the

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. Evidence of aircraft bunker revetments and bomb craters can still be seen on the southern end of the airfield, especially noticeable from the air.

References

{{Reflist Populated places in Taunggyi District Kalaw Township