Mohnyin
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Mohnyin (, ; ) is a town in Kachin State, Myanmar (Burma). It is the administrative center for both Mohnyin Township and Mohnyin District and it has a population of 33,290. Mohnyin means "land of the snipe" in Shan.
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Place details
- Locality
- မိုးညှင်းမြို့
- Region
- ကချင်ပြည်နယ်
- Country
- မြန်မာ
- Population
- 33,290
- Timezone
- Asia/Yangon
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Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.native_name
- ()
- Settlement.official_name
- Mohnyin
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Burma
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Burma
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Myanmar
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Division
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Mohnyin District
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Township
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Mohnyin Township
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_total
- 33,290
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2014
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.population_blank2
- Buddhism, Christianity, Islam
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Myanmar
- Located in
- Mohnyin District
- Time zone
- UTC+06:30
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- References
- External links
Mohnyin (, ; ) is a town in Kachin State, Myanmar (Burma). It is the administrative center for both Mohnyin Township and Mohnyin District and it has a population of 33,290. Mohnyin means "land of the snipe" in Shan.
==History== The town of Mohnyin was the capital of Mongyang State, also known as Möngyang (Mohnyin), one of the outlying Shan States that was extinguished in 1604.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mohnyin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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