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<p>Created page with &quot; {| class=&quot;wikitable&quot; |- |colspan=&quot;0&quot;|&lt;div style=&quot;font-size:100%&quot;&gt; This article has been extracted from &lt;br/&gt; THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908.&lt;br/&gt; OXFORD, A...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div> {| class=&quot;wikitable&quot; <br /> |-<br /> |colspan=&quot;0&quot;|&lt;div style=&quot;font-size:100%&quot;&gt;<br /> This article has been extracted from &lt;br/&gt;<br /> <br /> THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908.&lt;br/&gt; <br /> <br /> OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> |} <br /> [[Category:Myanmar|M]]<br /> [[Category:Places|M]]<br /> ''Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value. ''<br /> <br /> =Myitkyina Town=<br /> Head-quarters of the District of the same <br /> name in Upper Burma, situated in 25''' 23' N. and 97'^ 24' E., on <br /> a level plain surrounded by hills on the western bank of the Irra- <br /> waddy, and at the terminus of the Sagaing-Myitkyina railwa}-, 724 <br /> miles from Rangoon. Population (1901), 3,618, The station has <br /> risen to importance only since the British occupation. Prior to 1892 <br /> it was a small Shan-Burmese village, its name denoting the fact thai <br /> it was near to the banks of the great river, the Irrawaddy ; and even <br /> now the military police and the officials form more than a fourth <br /> of the inhabitants. <br /> <br /> The town was attacked by a party of Sana <br /> Kachins in December, 1892, when the military police siibahddr-Vi\?^]QX <br /> was killed and the subdivisional officer's courthouse and residence <br /> were burnt ; but since then its history has not been marked by any <br /> stirring incidents. Myitkyina is increasing in importance as an ex- <br /> change for Chinese traders, who bring large quantities of opium, and <br /> take away india-rubber and jade and foreign commodities brought <br /> up by rail. Details of the frontier trade, which converges almost <br /> entirely at Myitkyina, are given in the District article. The town <br /> contains a bazar and the usual public buildings.</div>

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