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Mansi () is a town in
Bhamo District Bhamo District () is a Districts of Burma, district of the Kachin State in northern Myanmar. The capital is the city of Bhamo. The district covers an area of 10,742.9 km2. In 2002, the estimated population of Bhamo District was 363,300.
,
Kachin State Kachin State (; Jingpho language, Kachin: ) is the northernmost administrative divisions of Myanmar, state of Myanmar. It is bordered by China to the north and east (Tibet Autonomous Region, Tibet and Yunnan, respectively), Shan State to the sou ...
in the northernmost part of
Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...
. Mansi is connected by the National Highway 31 from the south and is the western terminus of the National Road 36 which connects Mansi to
Muse In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, mythology, the Muses (, ) were the Artistic inspiration, inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. They were considered the source of the knowledge embodied in the poetry, lyric p ...
on the Chinese border in the east. During the
Myanmar civil war Myanmar has been embroiled in armed conflict since 1948, when the country, then known as Burma, gained independence from the United Kingdom. The conflict has largely been ethnic-based, with ethnic armed organisations fighting Myanmar's arm ...
, the town came under attack by the
Kachin Independence Army The Kachin Independence Army (KIA; Kachin: ''Wunpawng Mungdan Shanglawt Hpyen Dap''; ) is a non-state armed group and the military wing of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), a political group of ethnic Kachins in Northern Myanmar ...
(KIA) in May 2024. Following around 8 months of sporadic fighting, the town was captured by the KIA on 8 January 2025.


Names

Mansi means "village of cicadas" () in Shan.


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Satellite map at Maplandia.com
Populated places in Kachin State Township capitals of Myanmar {{Kachin-geo-stub