Myitta Subtownship (Burmese: မေတ္တာမြို့နယ်ခွဲ) is a subtownship of Dawei Township, Dawei District in the Taninthayi Division of Myanmar. The main town is Myitta (Matamyu),[1] located on the western side of the Tenasserim Range near the confluence of two tributaries of the Great Tenasserim River.
Myitta
မေတ္တာမြို့နယ်ခွဲ | |
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  Myitta Location in Burma | |
| Coordinates: 14°9′N 98°31′E / 14.150°N 98.517°E | |
| Country |  Burma |
| Region | Taninthayi Region |
| District | Dawei District |
| Township | Dawei Township |
| Capital | Myitta |
| Elevation | 198 m (650 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+6.30 (MST) |
History
editAt the time of the 1765–67 Burmese–Siamese War General Maha Nawrahta of the Royal Burmese armed forces led his 20,000-strong main southern army to invade Siam via the Myitta Pass.[2]
During the Japanese conquest of Burma, the forces of the Imperial Japanese Army began their invasion crossing the Tenasserim Hills through Myitta Pass from Thailand. In the night of 17/18 January 1942 they attacked Myitta town. The three 6th Burma Rifles companies of the Tavoy garrison posted there were not able to put up resistance and fled into the forests.[3]
Currently a road is being built to Dawei (Tavoy) from Bangkok through the Phu Nam Ron border pass that will improve communication with Myitta town.[4]
References
edit- ^ Howard Malcolm, Travels in south-eastern Asia: embracing Hindustan, Malaya, Siam, and China, Boston, 1839, p. 42
- ^ Kyaw Thet (1962). History of Union of Burma (in Burmese). Yangon: Yangon University Press.
- ^ Alan Warren Boston, Burma 1942: The Road from Rangoon to Mandalay, 1839, p. 42
- ^ The Economist - Infrastructure for the new Myanmar
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