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Sumprabum
Sign in to saveSumprabum () is a town in the Kachin State of the northernmost part of the Myanmar. The placename means means "jungle grass mountain" in Jingpo.
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- Locality
- ဆွမ်ပရာဘွမ်မြို့
- Region
- ကချင်ပြည်နယ်
- Country
- မြန်မာ
- Population
- 0
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- Country
- Myanmar
- Located in
- Sumprabum Township
- Time zone
- UTC+06:30
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Sumprabum () is a town in the Kachin State of the northernmost part of the Myanmar. The placename means means "jungle grass mountain" in Jingpo.
==Recent history== In 2024, the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) captured the town from the Tatmadaw during the civil war. KIA troops had been in the town since late March but overran the 46th Infantry Battalion base on 5 May 2024.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sumprabum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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