Katha
Katha is a town in Sagaing Region, Northern Myanmar. 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.
- Town with about 26,700 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 410 feet (120 metres)
- …is also known as “Katha, Myanmar”
- Description: town in Sagaing Region, Myanmar
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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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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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