Mawlaik ( my, မော်လိုက် ; shn, မေႃႇလဵၵ်) is a town in
Mawlaik District
Mawlaik District (formerly Upper Chindwin District) is a district in central Sagaing Division of Burma (Myanmar). Its administrative center is the town of Mawlaik. Townships
Mawlaik district consists of 2 townships.
* Mawlaik Township
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Sagaing Region
Sagaing Region ( my, စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Sagaing Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar, located in the north-western part of the country between latitude 21° 30' north and lon ...
in north-west
Myanmar
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, along the
Chindwin River ,
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.
Etymology
" Mawlaik" derives from the
Shan language
The Shan language (written Shan: , , spoken Shan: , or , ; my, ရှမ်းဘာသာ, ; th, ภาษาไทใหญ่, ) is the native language of the Shan people and is mostly spoken in Shan State, Myanmar. It is also spoken in ...
term "Mawlek" ( shn, မေႃႇလဵၵ်း; ), which means "iron mine."
References
Township capitals of Myanmar
Populated places in Mawlaik District
Mawlaik Township
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