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Bhamo

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Bhamo (bä`mō, bəmō`), town (1981 est. pop. 14,000), NE Myanmar, on the upper Ayeyarwady River. Located c.900 mi (1,450 km) from the sea, it is the head of navigation on the Ayeyarwady. Bhamo is the market town for the surrounding hill region and is also important for its ruby mines. Formerly significant as a center of overland trade with China, it was linked in World War II by the building of the Stilwell Road to Ledo in Assam, India. Although most of the population is now Kachin, in 1884 the Burmese authorities used Chinese freebooters to repel a Kachin attack on the town.


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A road connecting the Chinese town of Ruili (on the old Burma Road) to Bhamo has reportedly already been completed.
Burma, China and the U.S.A.* by Bert, Wayne / Pacific Affairs
The Kachin Rangers fought with the task force at Bhamo and Lashio, the terminus of the Burma Road.
Kachin Rangers: Allied guerrillas in World War II Burma by Dr. Briscoe, C.H. / Special Warfare
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