Mottama
Mottama is a town in the Thaton District of Mon State, Myanmar. Located on the west bank of the Thanlwin River, on the opposite side of Mawlamyaing, Mottama was the capital of the Martaban Kingdom from 1287 to 1364, and an entrepôt of international repute until the mid-16th century.- Town with about 48,600 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 90 feet (30 metres)
- …was formerly known as “Martaban”
- Description: small town in the Thaton district of Mon State, Myanmar, the first capital of the Hanthawaddy Kingdom in the 13th and 14th centuries, and an entrepôt of international repute until the mid-16th century
- Also known as“Marteban”“Moktama”
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Southern Myanmar Football Stadium
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2½ miles southeast of Mottama
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Mottama
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Latitude
16.52551° or 16° 31′ 32″ north
Longitude
97.60841° or 97° 36′ 30″ east
UN/LOCODE
MM MAR
Open location code
7M8VGJG5+69
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Urdu—“Mottama” goes by many names.
MottamaAsturian
MottamaBasque
МартабанBulgarian
မုတ္တမBurmese
မုတ္တမမြို့Burmese
မုတ္ထမBurmese
MartabanCatalan
MottamaCatalan
MartabanCebuano
莫塔马Chinese
马达班Chinese
MottamaDutch
ΜοτάμαGreek
MottamaIndonesian
MartabanItalian
MottamaItalian
マルダバンJapanese
モッタマJapanese
모타마Korean
뭇따마Korean
MartabanLatin
MartabanumLatin
MartabanasLithuanian
MotamaLithuanian
MoutamaLithuanian
မတ္တမ၊ ဍုင်Mon
မတ္တမ၊ ဍုၚ်Mon
ဝေင်ꩻမုတ္တမPa'o Karen
MartabanPolish
MottamaPolish
MuttamaPolish
МартабанRussian
မူၵ်ႉတမShan
ဝဵင်းမူၵ်ႉတမShan
MottamaSwedish
MottamaThai
มะตะบันThai
เมาะตะมะThai
موٹاماUrdu
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