Myitkyina District ( my, မြစ်ကြီးနားခရိုင်) is a

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of the

Kachin State Kachin State ( my, ကချင်ပြည်နယ်; Kachin: ), also known by the endonym Kachinland, is the northernmost state of Myanmar. It is bordered by China to the north and east (Tibet and Yunnan, specifically and respectively); Sh ...

in northern

Burma (Myanmar) Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

. The capital lies at

Myitkyina Myitkyina (, ; (Eng; ''mitchinar'') Jinghpaw: ''Myitkyina'', ) is the capital city of Kachin State in Myanmar (Burma), located from Yangon, and from Mandalay. In Burmese it means "near the big river", and Myitkyina is on the west bank of t ...

. It is the largest district in the country by land area. Myitkyina district in Kachin state 1

Townships

The district contains the following

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s: *

Myitkyina Township Myitkyina Township ( my, မြစ်ကြီးနားမြို့နယ်) is a township (sub district) of Myitkyina District in Kachin State, Burma. The principal town is Myitkyina. Demographics 2014 The 2014 Myanmar Census reported t ...

Waingmaw Township Waimaw Township ( my, ဝိုင်းမော်မြို့နယ်) (Shan :ဝဵင်းမႂ်ႇ Tai nue:ᥝᥥᥒᥰᥛᥬᥱ เวียงใหม่)is a township of Myitkyina District in the Kachin State of Burma. The pr ...

Injangyang Township Injangyang Township (also Njangyang Township; my, အင်ဂျန်းယန်မြို့နယ်) is a township of Myitkyina District in the Kachin State of Burma (Myanmar). The principal town and administrative center is Injangyang. ...

Tanai Township Tanai Township ( my, တနိုင်းမြို့နယ်) is a Townships of Myanmar, township in Myitkyina District of Kachin State, in northern Myanmar. The principal town is Tanai. Townships of Kachin State {{Kachin-geo-stub ...

Chipwi Township Chipwi Township ( my, ချီဖွေမြို့နယ်; Chibwe Township) is a township of Myitkyina District in the Kachin State of Burma. The principal town is Chipwi. Towns and villages Akyauk, Atang, Aukan, Awngchit, Ba-le, B ...

Hsawlaw Township Hsawlaw Township ( my, ဆော့လောမြို့နယ်) is a township of Myitkyina District in the Kachin State of Burma. The principal town is Hsawlaw. Towns and villages * Ahkawhtawng * Alawang * Chawmaw * Chawngbuk * ...

External links

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