Kayah State
Bawlakhe District
Hpasawng Township

Mawchi

Mawchi is a region in the Bawlake district of the of Myanmar. In the 1930s, the Mawchi Mine was the world's most important source of tungsten.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Village
  • Description: human settlement in Myanmar
  • Also known as: “Maw Chee (Taung Paw Ywar)”, “Mawchi Mines”, “Mawchi Tin Mines”, and “Mawgyi”

Mawchi

Latitude
18.82347° or 18° 49′ 25″ north
Longitude
97.1564° or 97° 9′ 23″ east
Elevation
3,760 feet (1,146 metres)
Open location code
7MCVR5F4+9H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 12101870145
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
1310204
Wiki­data ID
Q6794384
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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Pa'o Karen—“Mawchi” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “Mawchee”
  • Burmese: “မော်ချီး”
  • Burmese: “မော်ချီးတောင်ပေါ်ရွာ”
  • Burmese: “မော်ချီမြို့”
  • Burmese: “မော်ချီးမြို့”
  • Dutch: “Mawchi”
  • Irish: “Mawchi”
  • Japanese: “マウチ”
  • Japanese: “モチ”
  • Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻမော်ဆီး”

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