Namtu
Namtu is a town situated in northern Shan State, Myanmar. It is famous for Bawdwin and Namtu silver mines. NamTu River is flowing across in the middle of town and the transportation from Namtu to Lashio or Namtu to Mandalay is by bus.
- Type: City with 13,300 residents
- Description: town in Myanmar
- Also known as: “Nanmadu” and “ナムトゥー”
Namtu
- Categories: human settlement, town in Myanmar, and locality
- Location: Namtu Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
23.09681° or 23° 5′ 49″ north
Longitude
97.3976° or 97° 23′ 51″ east
Population
13,300
Elevation
2,106 feet (642 metres)
IATA airport code
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UN/LOCODE
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Open location code
7MMV39WX+P2
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Namtu” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نامتو”
- Bulgarian: “Намту”
- Burmese: “နမ္မတူ”
- Burmese: “နမ္မတူမြို့”
- Cebuano: “Namtu”
- Chinese: “南渡”
- Dutch: “Namtu”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نامتو”
- French: “Namtu”
- Irish: “Namtu”
- Japanese: “ナムツ”
- Lithuanian: “Namtu”
- Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻနမ္မတူ”
- Portuguese: “Namtu”
- Shan: “ၼမ်ႉတူႈ၊ ဝဵင်း”
- Shan: “ဝဵင်းၼမ်ႉတူႈ”
- Swedish: “Namtu”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Pang Haik Ward and Pang Kwe- Nam Ma La.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Namtu Market and Namtu Township Hospital.
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