What is Myitkyina?
{{no sources|date=January 2025}} '''Myitkyina''' ({{lang-my|မိုက်ကီနီးယား}}) is a city in northern [[Myanmar]]. It is the capital of the [[Kachin State]] of Myanmar. Myitkyina for [[Burmese language|Burmese]] is '''near the big river'''. {{Infobox settlement |name = Myitkyina |native_name = မိုက်ကီနီးယား |image_skyline = Myitkyina-ayeyarwady-d01.jpg |imagesize = 200px |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Myanmar|}} }} == History == In ancient times, Myitkyina was an important trading city between [[China]] and [[Myanmar]]. [[George J. Geis]], an American Baptist missionary includinh his wife arrived in Myitkyina in late 1890. In 1900, they requesyed permission to build a mansion in Myitkyina. It is named [[Geis Memorial Church]]. Japanese soldiers and military army invaded Myitkyina during [[World War II]] in 1942. In August 1944, the city was recaptured by the [[Allies of the World War II|World War II Allies]] under [[Joseph Stilwell]], after a heavy fughtine between [[Kuomintang|Nationalist Chinese]] divisions, the [[Chindits]], and [[Merrill's Marauders]] of the [[Northern Combat Area Command]], and the elements of the 33rd [[Imperial Japanese Army]] under [[Masaki Honda|General Masaki Honda]]. == Geography == Myitkyina lies in the northern [[Kachin State]] of [[Myanmar]]. The town is in the west bank of the [[Ayeyarwady River]]. It is 1,480 kilometers north of [[Yangon]], 785 kilometers from [[Mandalay]], and 818 kilometers from [[Naypyidaw]]. == Population == As of 2020, Myitkyina has over 92,543 people, making it the largest city in the northern [[Kachin State]] of the country. == Religion == Theravada [[Buddhism]] is the dominant religion in Myitkyina and all the rest of [[Myanmar]], making it the 2nd largest country where the dominant religion is Buddhism, after [[Mongolia]] (because [[Chinese folk religion]] is the dominant religion in [[China]], [[Shinto|Shintoism]] in [[Japan]], [[Hinduism]] in [[India]] and [[Nepal]], and there is [[Irreligion|no religion]] in [[South Korea]] and