Momauk

{{For|the township|Momauk Township}}

{{Expand language|topic=|langcode=my|otherarticle=မိုးမောက်မြို့|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox settlement

| settlement_type = Town

| native_name = {{lang|my|မိုးမောက်မြို့}}, {{shn|ဝဵင်းမိူင်းမွၵ်}}

| official_name = Momauk

| pushpin_label_position = bottom

| pushpin_map = Burma

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Burma

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{Flag|Myanmar}}

| subdivision_type1 = Division

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Kachin State}}

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Bhamo District

| subdivision_type3 = Township

| subdivision_name3 = Momauk Township

| unit_pref = Imperial

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| population =

| population_as_of = 2005

| population_blank1_title = Ethnicities

| population_blank2 = Buddhism

| population_blank2_title = Religions

| population_density_km2 = auto

| coordinates = {{coord|24|15|0|N|97|21|0|E|region:MM|display=inline,title}}

| leader_title = Mayor

| elevation_m =

| timezone = MST

| utc_offset = +6.30

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Momauk ({{langx|my|မိုးမောက်မြို့}}, {{langx|shn|ဝဵင်းမိူင်းမွၵ်}}) is a town in the Kachin State in the northernmost part of Myanmar. During the Myanmar civil war, the area between Momauk and Bhamo became a focal point of intense conflict, and Momauk was captured by the Kachin Independence Army in August 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}}{{Cite web |author=နော်ထွယ့် |date=2024-08-19 |title=တိုက်ပွဲကာလ တစ်လလောက်ကြာမြင့်ခဲ့တဲ့ မိုးမောက် ခမရ ၄၃၇ တပ်ရင်းကို KIA အပြီးသတ်သိမ်းပိုက် |url=https://burmese.kachinnews.com/2024/08/19/yl2-74/ |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=Kachin News Group (KNG) |language=my}}{{Cite web |date=August 26, 2024 |title=KIA forces liberate Momauk, establish first 'junta-free zone' near KIO central command |url=https://eng.mizzima.com/2024/08/26/13243 |access-date=August 30, 2024 |website=Mizzima News}}

Momauk means "country that sends messengers" ({{langx|shn|ဝဵင်းမိူင်းမွၵ်}}) 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}}