Tanai
Tanai or Danai is a town in Kachin State, in the northernmost part of Myanmar. It is the principal town of Tanai Township and Tanai District. Burmese amber is found in the area around Tanai, leading to paleontological discoveries like the Cretoperipatus species of worm.
- Type: Town with 32,000 residents
- Description: human settlement in Myanmar
- Also known as: “Danai”, “Tanai, Myanmar”, and “タナイン”
Tanai
- Categories: human settlement, town in Myanmar, and locality
- Location: Tanai, Myitkyina District, Kachin State, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
26.35556° or 26° 21′ 20″ north
Longitude
96.72124° or 96° 43′ 17″ east
Population
32,000
Elevation
692 feet (211 metres)
Open location code
7MRR9P4C+6F
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Thai—“Tanai” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “တနိုင်းမြို့”
- Chinese: “德乃”
- Dutch: “Tanai”
- Irish: “Tanai”
- Japanese: “タナイ”
- Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻတနုဲင်း”
- Polish: “Tanai”
- Shan: “တႃႈၼၢႆး၊ ဝဵင်း”
- Shan: “ဝဵင်းတႃႈၼၢႆး”
- Thai: “ตะไน่ง์”
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Highlights: Tanai Airport and Tanai Township Hospital.
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