Katha

Katha is a town in Sagaing Region, . Its claim to fame in the English-speaking world is its connection to author George Orwell, who was stationed here as a colonial policeman from 1926–7.
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Latitude
24.1717° or 24° 10′ 18″ north
Longitude
96.3431° or 96° 20′ 35″ east
Open location code
7MPR58CV+M6
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Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Vietnamese—“Katha” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “কথ”
  • Burmese: “ကသာ”
  • Burmese: “ကသာမြို့”
  • Burmese: “ကသာမြို့နယ်”
  • Catalan: “Katha”
  • Catalan: “Kathar”
  • Chinese: “傑沙”
  • Chinese: “杰沙”
  • Dutch: “Katha”
  • French: “Katha”
  • German: “Katha”
  • Irish: “Katha”
  • Japanese: “カーサ”
  • Japanese: “カタ (ビルマ)”
  • Latin: “Katha”
  • Lithuanian: “Katha”
  • Lithuanian: “Katharas”
  • Newari: “कठार”
  • Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻကတာ”
  • Piemontese: “Katha”
  • Portuguese: “Katha”
  • Shan: “ၵတႃႇ”
  • Shan: “ၵၢတ်ႇသႃ”
  • Shan: “ၸႄႈဝဵင်းၵၢတ်ႇသႃ”
  • Shan: “ဝဵင်းၵၢတ်ႇသႃ”
  • Thai: “กะตา”
  • Vietnamese: “Katha, Myanmar”
  • Vietnamese: “Katha”

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