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Mawlaik ( ; ; ) is a town in Mawlaik District, Sagaing Region in north-west Myanmar, It is located along the Chindwin River, which is the largest tributary of the country's main river, the Ayeyarwady.

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မော်လိုက်ကလေး (တောင်)
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စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်းဒေသကြီး
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မြန်မာ
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Mawlaik ( ; ; ) is a town in Mawlaik District, Sagaing Region in north-west Myanmar, It is located along the Chindwin River, which is the largest tributary of the country's main river, the Ayeyarwady.

==Etymology== "Mawlaik" derives from a Shan language term meaning "iron mine."

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