Mottama

Mottama is a town in the of , . Located on the west bank of the , 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.
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  • Type: Town with 48,600 residents
  • 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: “Martabanas”, “Marteban”, “Moktama”, “Moutama”, “Muttama”, “มะตะบัน”, “မုတ္ထမ”, “မူၵ်ႉတမ”, “マルタバン”, “マルダバン”, and “马达班”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Gaungze Kyun and Southern Myanmar Football Stadium.

Islet
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is an islet.

Stadium
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Yamanya Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium, located in downtown Mawlamyine, Myanmar. is situated 2½ miles southeast of Mottama.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mawlamyine.

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Mottama

Latitude
16.52551° or 16° 31′ 32″ north
Longitude
97.60841° or 97° 36′ 30″ east
Population
48,600
Elevation
89 feet (27 metres)
UN/LOCODE
MM MAR
Open location code
7M8VGJG5+69
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26576145
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1310460
Wiki­data ID
Q1950091
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Urdu—“Mottama” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Mottama”
  • Basque: “Mottama”
  • Bulgarian: “Мартабан”
  • Burmese: “မုတ္တမ”
  • Burmese: “မုတ္တမမြို့”
  • Catalan: “Mottama”
  • Cebuano: “Martaban”
  • Chinese: “莫塔马”
  • Dutch: “Mottama”
  • French: “Martaban”
  • German: “Mottama”
  • Greek: “Μοτάμα”
  • Indonesian: “Mottama”
  • Italian: “Mottama”
  • Japanese: “モッタマ”
  • Korean: “모타마”
  • Korean: “뭇따마”
  • Latin: “Martabanum”
  • Lithuanian: “Motama”
  • Mon: “မတ္တမ၊ ဍုင်”
  • Mon: “မတ္တမ၊ ဍုၚ်”
  • Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻမုတ္တမ”
  • Polish: “Martaban”
  • Portuguese: “Martabão”
  • Russian: “Мартабан”
  • Shan: “ဝဵင်းမူၵ်ႉတမ”
  • Swedish: “Mottama”
  • Thai: “เมาะตะมะ”
  • Urdu: “موٹاما”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Mee Ya Htar Win and Zay Ta Wun.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Monastery and Pond.

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Worth a closer look: Naypyidaw and Yangon.

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