Waingmaw

Waingmaw is a town in . It is directly southeast of Myitkyina. As of 2014 it had a population of 21,969. Waingmaw is a Shan name meaning "new town".
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: human settlement in Myanmar
  • Also known as: Waingmaw Township

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Myitkyina.

is the capital of Kachin State in . The population of the city is around 150,000 and includes an ethnic mix of Bamar, Kachin and ethnic Indians.

Waingmaw

Latitude
25.35017° or 25° 21′ 1″ north
Longitude
97.43841° or 97° 26′ 18″ east
Elevation
476 feet (145 metres)
Open location code
7MQV9C2Q+39
Geo­Names ID
1289848
Wiki­data ID
Q3565158
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Waingmaw” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: وايتغماو
  • Bengali: ওয়েইংমাও
  • Burmese: ဝိုင်းမော်
  • Burmese: ဝိုင်းမော်မြို့
  • Burmese: ဝိုင်းမော်မြို့နယ်
  • Chinese: 歪莫
  • Chinese: 維茂鎮
  • Danish: Waingmaw
  • Dutch: Waingmaw
  • Egyptian Arabic: وايتجماو
  • Finnish: Waingmaw
  • French: Waingmaw
  • Greek: Γουάινγκμο
  • Gujarati: વેંગમૉ
  • Hindi: वैंगमौ
  • Indonesian: Waingmaw
  • Irish: Waingmaw
  • Italian: Waingmaw
  • Japanese: ワインモー
  • Kannada: ವೈಂಗ್ಮಾ
  • Korean: 와잉마오
  • Latvian: Vaingmava
  • Lithuanian: Vaingmavas
  • Malay: Waingmaw
  • Marathi: वैंगमॉ
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Waingmaw
  • Pa'o Karen: ဝေင်ꩻဝုဲင်းမော်
  • Polish: Waingmaw
  • Portuguese: Waingmaw
  • Russian: Вангмо
  • Shan: ဝဵင်းမႂ်ႇ၊ ဝဵင်း
  • Shan: ဝဵင်းမႂ်ႇ
  • Sinhala: වයින්ග්මෝ
  • Spanish: Waingmaw
  • Swedish: Waingmaw
  • Tamil: வைங்மாவ்
  • Telugu: వైన్గ్మవ్
  • Thai: เวียงแมว
  • Turkish: Waingmaw
  • Ukrainian: Вайнгмав
  • Urdu: واینجماو
  • Vietnamese: Waingmaw

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