Putao
Putao is a town in Kachin State, Myanmar 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.
- Type: Town with 10,000 residents
- Description: human settlement in Myanmar
- Also known as: “Fort Hertz”, “Hkamti”, “Hkamti Long”, “Hkamti Patau”, “Kamde”, “Khamti Long”, “Pudao”, “Puta-O”, “Putao, Myanmar”, “ပူတာအို”, and “ပူႇတႃႇဢူဝ်ႇ”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Putao Airport.
Putao
- Categories: human settlement, town in Myanmar, and locality
- Location: Puta-O, Putao District, Kachin State, Northern Myanmar, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
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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
UN/LOCODE
MM PBU
Open location code
7MVV8CHC+29
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Urdu—“Putao” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ပူတာအိုမြို့”
- 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”
- Shan: “ဝဵင်းပူႇတႂ်း”
- Spanish: “Putao”
- Swedish: “Putao”
- Thai: “ปูดาโอ”
- Ukrainian: “Путао”
- Urdu: “پوتاؤ، میانمار”
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