Homalin
Homalin or Hommalinn (Burmese: ဟုမ္မလင်း မြို့) is a small town in northwest Myanmar and the capital of the municipality of the same name in the district of Hkamti, Sagaing region . The city lies on the river Chindwin, which is navigable from here to its confluence with the Irrawaddy, and has an airfield. Around 1500 people live in the city. The predominant ethnic groups are the Naga and the Chin .
Homalin is part of the Tamanthi wildlife sanctuary (tigers, elephants, gaur, leopards, seraue, bears). In the city should by infantry - battalion of the national armed forces of heroin have been produced. In 1997, 60 percent of the heroin produced worldwide was reportedly produced in all of Myanmar.
history
In The Imperial Gazetteer of India from 1908 it was reported that the steamers of the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company weekly between Pakokku wrong and Homalin. The Myanmar government also operates regular shipping services on this route. During the Second World War , the city was occupied by Japanese troops in late May / early June 1944 until it was defeated .
On August 6, 1988, by an earthquake , whose epicenter was located near Homalin, killed three people.
geography
Homalin is located near the border with India at an average altitude of 101 m above sea level on a bend in the Chindwin River. In its hinterland there are forested mountains that rise up to 2700 m above sea level. The lower mountain slopes are partially cultivated for agriculture. The place Homalin covers an area of 1.12 million hectares, with 7,300 hectares of agricultural land and 285,836 hectares of forest areas. In the city, the Uyu River flows into the Chindwin. The river sand of Uyu contains gold , which in cooperation with Russia washed was.
climate
In Homalin there is a humid subtropical climate ( Köppen : Cwa), which borders on an area of tropical savannah climates (Köppen: Aw) near the place . Average daily maximum temperatures are over 25 ° C throughout the year and reach more than 33 ° C in April and May. Only from December to February are the average lowest night temperatures below 12 ° C. There is little rainfall in winter (November to April) and a lot in summer (May to October).
traffic
The city is on the main road that runs 530 km from Thabeikkyin via Paungbyin and Homalin to Singkaling Hkamti . Ships operate on the Chindwin River . Homalin Airport ( IATA code: HOX, taxiway length: 915 m) is 152 m above sea level and is of major tourist interest and offers scheduled flights to Yangon and Mandalay .
economy
The climatic conditions in Hommallin are favorable for rubber plantations , which created many jobs and improved the economic conditions and the standard of living of the population. Pineapples are also cultivated in the rubber plantations , which increases the economic yield drawn from the ground.
Gold mining from the Uyu River has been booming since the Myanmar government and Russian company Victorious Glory International signed a contract to mine gold and related minerals.
The Chindwin River is used to generate electricity. The Hommallin Hydropower project has an output of 150 MW .
Individual evidence
- ↑ CFOB (Canadian Friends of Burma): "Burma's Drug Situation" , approx. 1999
- ^ Imperial gazetteer of India: provincial series, Volume 11, p. 229 , Superintendent of Government Printing, 1908
- ^ Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 10, p. 248 , 1908
- ↑ Bisheshwar Prasad: "The reconquest of Burma, June 1942 - August 1945" , in: "Official history of the Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War, 1939-1945" , p.54
- ^ Henry Steele Commager, "The Story of the Second World War," p. 214 , Brassey's, 2004
- ^ "Records of the Geological Survey of India, Volume 122, Parts 2-4" , 1989
- ^ "The Silken East" , pp. 440-441 , Read Books, 2006
- ↑ Harold Ernest Braund: "Tales of Burma" , p. 76 , J. Paton 1981
- ↑ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: "Homalin Climate Normals 1961-1990"