Wuntho (Shan: ဝဵင်းသိူဝ်) is a town in Katha District, Sagaing Division, Myanmar. It is the administrative seat of Wuntho Township.
Wuntho
ဝန္းသို | |
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Town | |
  Wuntho Location in Burma | |
| Coordinates: 23°53′59″N 95°40′49″E / 23.89972°N 95.68028°E | |
| Country |  Myanmar |
| Region |  Sagaing Region |
| District | Katha District |
| Township | Wuntho Township |
| Time zone | UTC+6.30 (MST) |
History
editWhile not the capital, it gave its name to the native state of Wuntho[1] which was formally annexed to Burma by the British in 1892. Rail service from Mandalay was extended to Wuntho in 1893.[2]
On 30 December 1994, on the outskirts of Wuntho on the Bonkyaung bridge a Mandalay-Myitkyina passenger train derailed when its brakes failed and one passenger car plummeted into a ravine. In all, 102 people were killed and 53 were seriously injured.[3][4]
Notes
edit- ^ Crosthwaite, Charles Haukes Todd (1912) The Pacification of Burma E. Arnold, London, page 92, OCLC 7223137
- ^ Dautremer, Joseph (1913) Burma under British Rule (translated from Dautremer, Joseph (1912) La Birmanie sous le régime britannique: une colonie modèle Guilmoto, Paris, OCLC 250415892) T.F. Unwin, London, page 205, OCLC 9493684; full text pp. 194-213 from the online library eBooksRead.com
- ^ Associated Press (2 January 1995) "Train derails in Myanmar, 102 killed" Toronto Star page A-13
- ^ Staff (5 January 1995) "Rail derailment kills 102, injures 53" BBC Summary of World Broadcasts from Radio Myanmar, Rangoon, in Burmese, 1330 GMT 31 December 1994
External links
edit- "Photograph of a street in Wuntho, 1891" Royal Commonwealth Society Library
- "Wuntho Map — Satellite Images of Wuntho" Maplandia
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