Mansi, Myanmar
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| settlement_type = Town
| native_name = {{lang|my|မန်စီမြို့}}{{br}}{{shn|ဝဵင်းမၢၼ်ႈၸေ}}
| official_name = Mansi
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| subdivision_type1 = Division
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Kachin State}}
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Bhamo District
| subdivision_type3 = Township
| subdivision_name3 = Mansi Township
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| population_blank2 = Buddhism
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Mansi ({{langx|my|မန်စီမြို့}}) is a town in Bhamo District, Kachin State in the northernmost part of Myanmar. Mansi is connected by the National Highway 31 from the south and is the western terminus of the National Road 36 which connects Mansi to Muse on the Chinese border in the east. During the Myanmar civil war, the town came under attack by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in May 2024.{{Cite web |author=Hein Htoo Zan |date=May 9, 2024 |title=KIA Advances on Myanmar Junta’s Kachin State Power Hub |url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/kia-advances-on-myanmar-juntas-kachin-state-power-hub.html |website=The Irrawaddy}} Following around 8 months of sporadic fighting, the town was captured by the KIA on 8 January 2025.{{Cite web |last=Irrawaddy |first=The |date=2025-01-09 |title=Kachin Rebels Close In on Bhamo District Capital |url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/kachin-rebels-close-in-on-bhamo-district-capital.html |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=The Irrawaddy |language=en-US}}
Names
Mansi means "village of cicadas" ({{langx|shn|ဝဵင်းမၢၼ်ႈၸေ}}) in Shan.{{Cite journal |last=KURABE |first=Keita |date=2021-09-27 |title=Oronyms in northern Burma: Asymmetry between highland and lowland place names |url=https://zenodo.org/record/5529169 |journal=Studies in Geolinguistics |language=en |volume=1 |doi=10.5281/ZENODO.5529169}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.maplandia.com/burma/kachin/mansi/man-si/ Satellite map at Maplandia.com]
{{Kachin State}}
Category:Populated places in Kachin State
Category:Township capitals of Myanmar
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