Where is North Myanmar?

North Myanmar is in the north of Myanmar.

North Myanmar, also known as Upper Myanmar, is basically composed of Mandalay, Magway, Sagaing and Kachin, Shan, Kai and Qin provinces and cities. The capital of Myanmar is Naypyidaw, bordering the Andaman Sea in the southwest, India and Bangladesh in the northwest, China in the northeast and Thailand and Laos in the southeast.

North Myanmar is endowed with unique geographical conditions, and four cities directly border on Yunnan Province, China: Pu 'er City in Yunnan is opposite to Wa State, the second special zone of Shan State, Mujie is opposite to Dehong State, courageous is opposite to Lincang, and Xiaomengla, the fourth special zone of Shan State, is opposite to Xishuangbanna State.

Myanmar has friendly relations and close contacts with China since ancient times. North Myanmar is an important channel for China-Myanmar friendly exchanges, and it is also the only place for China to go west to India or east to Thailand and Laos through North Myanmar. The unique geographical location has made a large number of Chinese and overseas Chinese exist in several commercial towns on the main traffic arteries since ancient times.

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1. Viewed from the layout, it is connected into one piece, with a large scale. Compared with other Chinese-inhabited areas in the world, North Chinese community in Myanmar has a vast territory, covering an area of about 38,000 square kilometers (including Wa15,000 square kilometers in the north and Wa18,000 square kilometers in the south, which may be expanding), which is 54 times that of Singapore.

Compared with the situation of Chinese living in the government-controlled areas in northern Myanmar, the latter is mainly concentrated in commercial cities, such as Muse, Mandalay and Lahu. , or concentrated in the vicinity of traffic lines and commercial passages, showing dots and lines; The former are basically connected together (a few government troops are separated between the northern tile and the southern tile and between the tile and Mengla), forming a complete block distribution area.

2. In terms of population, the population is large, growing rapidly and the population density is relatively small. This area has a population of1500,000, and the family planning policy has not been implemented, attracting a large number of immigrants and the population is growing rapidly. Because of unstable factors such as war, the population density in this area is the smallest in Myanmar, and there is still room for a large number of immigrants.

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