Kachin State
Putao District
Puta-O

Putao

Putao is a town in , and the principal town in Putao Township. The area around Putao is famous for its variety of birds and rare orchids, especially the so-called "Black Orchid" found in the mountains surrounding Putao.
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  • Type: Town with 10,000 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Myanmar
  • Also known as: “Fort Hertz”, “Hkamti”, “Hkamti Patau”, “Kamde”, “Pudao”, “Puta-O”, and “Putao, Myanmar”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Putao Airport.

Aerodrome
is an airport in Putao, . The airport was originally part of Fort Hertz, which served as an isolated British outpost during the Burma Campaign in World War II.

Putao

Latitude
27.3275° or 27° 19′ 39″ north
Longitude
97.4209° or 97° 25′ 15″ east
Population
10,000
Elevation
1,407 feet (429 metres)
IATA airport code
PBU
United Nations Location Code
MM PBU
Open location code
7MVV8CHC+29
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2234079076
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1299371
Wiki­data ID
Q3132856
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Ukrainian—“Putao” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “ပူတာအို”
  • Burmese: “ပူတာအိုမြို့”
  • Catalan: “Hkamti Long”
  • Catalan: “Khamti Long”
  • Catalan: “Putao”
  • Chinese: “葡萄”
  • Chinese: “葡萄縣”
  • Dutch: “Putao”
  • French: “Putao”
  • German: “Putao”
  • Greek: “Πουτάο”
  • Irish: “Putao”
  • Italian: “Putao”
  • Japanese: “プーターオ”
  • Japanese: “プータオ”
  • Korean: “부다오시”
  • Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻပူတာအို”
  • Portuguese: “Putao”
  • Shan: “ပူႇတႂ်း၊ ဝဵင်း”
  • Shan: “ပူႇတႂ်း”
  • Shan: “ပူႇတႃႇဢူဝ်ႇ”
  • Shan: “ဝဵင်းပူႇတႂ်း”
  • Spanish: “Putao”
  • Swedish: “Putao”
  • Thai: “ปูดาโอ”
  • Ukrainian: “Путао”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Putao”. Photo: Erikoo152, CC BY-SA 3.0.