Myitnge

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Myitnge

(or Doktawaddy). — River of Burma, one of the principal tributaries of the Irrawaddy. It rises in about 23° 18' N. and 98^ 23' E., in the Northern Shan State of North Hsenwi, where it is known as the Nam Tu. Its course is in the main south-westerly, and first passes through the States of North Hsenwi, Tawngpeng, and Hsipaw, the first and last of which have their chief towns on its banks. For the latter half of its course of 130 miles the river forms the boundarj^, first between the States of Hsipaw and Lawksawk, and next between the Districts of Mandalay and Kyaukse. It falls eventually into the Irrawaddy about 12 miles south of Mandalay, immediately opposite the town of Sagaing. The Myitnge is navi- gable only up to the ])oint at which it reaches the j^lains. The Rangoon-Mandalay Railway crosses it near its mouth, and it will shorll}' be bridged at Hsipaw. The principal tributary is the Nam Ma, which joins it from the cast, a Httle to the east of the town of Hsipaw.