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Myitkyina (myĭt`chĭnä), city (1983 pop. 56,427), capital of Kachin State Kachin State , state (1983 pop. 903,982), 33,903 sq mi (87,809 sq km), extreme N Myanmar. It is a mountainous region bounded on the NW by India and on the N and E by China and traversed by tributaries of the Ayeyarwady River.
..... Click the link for more information. , N Myanmar, on the Ayeyarwady River. A leading town of N Myanmar, it is a trade center (including teak and jade), the extreme northern terminus of a railroad line from Yangon, and formerly an important town on the Ledo Road. In World War II its capture (Aug., 1944) by Allied troops after a siege of 78 days marked an important stage in the liberation of Myanmar from the Japanese.

Myitkyina

a city in northern Burma, on the Irrawaddy River. Administrative center of the national district of Kachin. Population, 35,000 (1963). It is the terminus of the railroad from Rangoon. Floating of teak and sawmilling are important industries. Deposits of precious stones are located near Myitkyina.

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The two crossed the border from Yunnan into Myitkyina in Myanmar on October 16, but the teenager was immediately shoved into a cell where several other young boys were already being held.

China police detain two over Myanmar kidnap scandal: state media by AFP / AFP Asian Edition

The first 218 miles from Putao in northern Myanmar to the provincial capital of Myitkyina is not passable during rainy season, from May to December, because of poor road conditions.

Fast aid delivery needed to save lives by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

The Army told the family, his sister said, that he was escaping a Japanese attack at Myitkyina, and his plane, overloaded with other GIs, crash-landed.

What government can do to you: our government has steadily, and ... by Kirkwood, R. Cort / The New American