Sittaung ( my, စစ်တောင်း, ) is a town in

Paungbyin Township Paungbyin Township is a township in Mawlaik District in the Sagaing Division of Burma.

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 * Paungb ...

, in the

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 ...

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 ...

on the right bank of the

Chindwin River , , image = Homalin aerial.jpg , image_size = , image_caption = The Chindwin at Homalin. The smaller, meandering Uyu River can be seen joining the Chindwin. , map = Irrawaddyrivermap.jpg , map_size = , map_alt = , map_caption ...

."Map of Sagaing Division"
Myanmars.net There is a highway running west to the

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

n border which provides

Tamu Tamu may refer to: * Texas A&M University or TAMU * Tamu, Myanmar ** Tamu District, Myanmar ** Tamu Township * Ta'mu, rice cooked in woven coconut leaves from the Philippines * Tamu Massif, an inactive underwater volcano in the Pacific * '' Helio ...

with access to transport on the Chindwin. This road was laid out in 1887 by troops under Major General

John James Hood Gordon Sir John James Hood Gordon (12 January 1832 – 2 November 1908) was a general in the British Army. Early life Gordon was born on 12 January 1832 in Aberdeen and was a twin son of Captain William Gordon (1788–1834) of the 2nd Queen's Royal ...

to better link

Manipur Manipur () ( mni, Kangleipak) is a state in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. It is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west. It also borders two regions of Myanm ...

with Upper Burma.Gordon, J. J. H. (February 1889) "Overland from India to Upper Burma" ''The Illustrated Naval and Military Magazine'' New Series 1(2): pp. 187–200
page 199
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"Sittaung Map — Satellite Images of Sittaung"
Maplandia Populated places in Mawlaik District {{Mawlaik-geo-stub