Myitkyina

မြစ်ကြီးနားမြို့ Myitkyina Myo
Myitkyina Myo
Coordinates	25 ° 23 '  N , 97 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 25 ° 23 '  N , 97 ° 23'  E
Basic data
Country	Myanmar
State	Kachin State

Myitkyina ([mjɪʔtɕíná], Burmese မြစ်ကြီးနားမြို့ , transliteration : mrackri: na: mrui .; BGN / PCGN : myitkyinamyo) in northern Myanmar , on the west bank of the Ayeyarwady River (previously Irrawaddy, also Irawadi), is the capital of the Burmese state of Kachin and is 1,480 km north of Rangoon / Yangon and 785 km away from Mandalay . Myitkyina means "near the great river".

Myitkyina is an important market for trade with China. Myitkyina is the northernmost river port and the northernmost railway station of Myanmar. The Indian Ledo acquiring their start Ledo Road via Myitkyina to China. Myitkyina has an airfield (IATA: MYT, ICAO: VYMK), which is approached from Mandalay and Putao within Burmese.

Myitkyina is the seat of a Roman Catholic bishop .

Nanyazeik in the Myitkyina district is one of only three localities of the mineral painite .

Climate table

Myitkyina
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     10   24 10     23   25th 13     23   30th 16     46   32 20th     160   33 22nd     481   31 24     476   31 24     433   31 24     256   31 24     183   30th 21st     39   27 16     12   24 11 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: wetterkontor.de

Monthly average temperatures and rainfall for Myitkyina Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 24.1 25.4 29.8 32.1 32.7 30.9 30.5 30.6 31.3 29.8 27.3 24.3 O 29.1 Min. Temperature (° C) 9.9 12.5 16.1 19.8 22.3 23.8 24.2 24.2 23.7 21.0 15.8 11.1 O 18.7 Precipitation ( mm ) 10 23 23 46 160 481 476 433 256 183 39 12 Σ 2.142 Humidity ( % ) 77 68 64 64 72 83 89 87 85 83 79 78 O 77.5 Source: wetterkontor.de

See also

• Diocese of Myitkyina

Web links

Commons : Myitkyina  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Painite at mindat.org (Eng.)