Where is North Myanmar in Yunnan?

North Myanmar, also known as "Upper Myanmar", is mainly composed of Magway, Mandalay, Sagaing and other provinces and states such as Qin, Kai, Shan and Kachin. Shan State is the main migration place of Yunnan immigrants from China in history, and it is also a complex and sensitive area, mainly due to the influx of new immigrants from China in recent years.

The Shan nationality is the main ethnic group in Shan State, and it belongs to the Dai and Thai ethnic groups in China. There has been a long-standing contradiction between the Shan and Burmese ethnic groups. There are armed forces advocating independence in southern Shan State. The western border between Thailand and Laos is the famous Golden Triangle, and the northern border is China. It is not only the historical base of Myanmar's * * * production party, but also the main settlement of the Kokang nationality (Han nationality) in Myanmar.

Geographical environment:

Due to the feudal separatist regime of chieftain, rugged terrain, inconvenient transportation and other reasons, Shan State has obvious economic dispersion. A local mountain basin often forms its own small economic zone, with the small town in the center of the basin as the core. The towns in Shan State are isolated and distributed, with a strong "border town" nature.

Although the Shan nationality accounts for the largest proportion of the population in Shan State, Shan State presents a situation in which the Shan nationality is not concentrated, but all ethnic groups are staggered, scattered and live together. There is no strict geographical division of ethnic residence, which is convenient for new immigrants to enter.

Shan's rich natural resources are an important factor to attract a large number of immigrants from China. Shan State is the most important metal mining area in Myanmar, and Baldwin in the north of Shan State may be the largest silver-lead-zinc mine in the world, accounting for about 60% of Myanmar's metal mines before World War II. In addition, there are furnaces and mines such as Mosheng in South Shan State.

There are huge tungsten and tin mines in the south of Shan State, and Myanmar is the largest tungsten producer in the world after China. South Shan State produces tin, while North Shan State produces tungsten. Maoxi Mine in the north was considered as the world's largest tungsten mine and the third largest tin mine in the 1950s.

Du Nan (Bolton) mine in northern Shan State is large in scale and rich in reserves, which requires a large number of technicians and laborers from China. Almost all lead, silver, zinc, copper and nickel in Myanmar are produced here.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-North Chinese community in Myanmar