Mawchi
Mawchi is a region in the Bawlake district of the Kayah State of Myanmar. In the 1930s, the Mawchi Mine was the world's most important source of tungsten.- Type: Town
- Description: human settlement in Myanmar
- Also known as: “Maw Chee”, “Mawchi Mines”, “Mawchi Tin Mines”, and “Mawgyi”
Mawchi
- Categories: human settlement, town in Myanmar, and locality
- Location: Hpasawng Township, Bawlakhe District, Kayah State, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
18.81042° or 18° 48′ 38″ north
Longitude
97.16573° or 97° 9′ 57″ east
Elevation
3,760 feet (1,146 metres)
Open location code
7MCVR568+57
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Pa'o Karen—“Mawchi” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “Mawchee”
- Burmese: “မော်ချီး”
- Burmese: “မော်ချီမြို့”
- Burmese: “မော်ချီးမြို့”
- Dutch: “Mawchi”
- Irish: “Mawchi”
- Japanese: “マウチ”
- Japanese: “モチ”
- Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻမော်ဆီး”
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