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BHAMO , a See also:town and See also:district of See also:Burma. The town was in See also:ancient times the See also:capital of the Shan See also:state of Manmaw, later the seat of a Burmese See also:governor. It is now the headquarters of a district in the See also:Mandalay See also:division of Upper Burma (See also:Chinese frontier). It is situated about 300 M. Up the See also:river from Mandalay. It is the highest station on the See also:Irrawaddy held by See also:British troops, and the nearest point on the river to the Chinese frontier. In 1901 it contained 10,734 inhabitants, of whom a considerable number were Chinamen, natives of See also:India and Shan-Chinese. It stretches for a distance of nearly 4 M. along the Irrawaddy See also:bank in a See also:series of small villages, transformed into quarters of the town, but the town proper is confined mainly to the one high See also:ridge of See also:land See also:running at right angles to the river. The See also:surface of the ground is much cut up by ravines which fill and dry up according to the rise and fall of the river. When the Irrawaddy is at its height the See also:lower portion of the town is flooded, and the See also:country all See also:round is a See also:sheet of See also:water, but usually for no very See also:long See also:time. Here or hereabouts has long been the See also:terminus of a See also:great See also:deal of the land See also:commerce from See also:China. For years after its See also:annexation by Great See also:Britain in 1885 the See also:trade routes were unsafe owing to attacks from Kachins. These have now ceased, and the roads, which were there bridle-tracks, have been greatly improved. The two See also:chief are the so-called See also:Santa and Ponlaing route, through Manyun (Manwaing) and Nantien to See also:Momein, and the See also:southern or Sawadi route by way of Namhkam. See also:Cart roads are now being constructed on both routes, and that See also:south of the Taiping river could easily be continued through Manyun to Momein if the Chinese should be induced to co-operate. There is a fairly large military See also:garrison in Bhamo distributed between two forts to the See also:north and See also:east of the town. There are in See also:general stationed here a 'native See also:regiment, two sections of843 a See also:battery and the wing of a See also:European regiment. Besides the See also:barracks there are a See also:circuit See also:house, See also:dale See also:bungalow, courthouse, and See also:post and See also:telegraph offices. There is a See also:branch railway from See also:Myitkyina to See also:Katha, whence there is daily communication by river to Bhamo. The DISTRICT OF BHAMO lies wholly in the See also:basin of the Irrawaddy, which, as well as its tributaries, runs through the See also:heart of it. On the east of the river is the Shan See also:plateau, running almost due north and south. See also:West of the Irrawaddy there is a See also:regular series of ranges, enclosing the basins of the Kaukkwe, Mosit, Indaw and other streams, down which much See also:timber is floated. Beyond the Kaukkwe there is a ridge of hills, which starts at Leka, near Mogaung, and diverges to the south, the eastern ridge dividing the Kaukkwe from the Mosit, and the western forming the eastern See also:watershed of the Nam Yin and running south into Katha. It is an offshoot from the latter of these ridges that forms the third See also:defile of the Irrawaddy between Bhamo and Sinbo. The district covers an See also:area of 4146 sq. m., and the See also:population in 1901 was 79,515• It is mainly composed of Shan-Burmese and Kachins. The Shan-Burmese inhabit the valleys and alluvial plains on each See also:side of the river. The Kachins, who probably came from the sub-regions of the Himalayas, occupy the hills throughout the district. There are also settlements of See also:Shans, Shan-Chinese, Chinese and See also:Assamese. There are extensive See also:fisheries in the Shwegu and Mo-hnyin circles, and in the Indaw, a See also:chain of lakes just behind the Mosit, opposite Shwegu. The district abounds in See also:rich See also:teak forests, and there are reserves representing 6o,000 acres of teak See also:plantation. The whole of the country along the See also:banks of the Irrawaddy, the See also:Mole, Taiping and Kaukkwe, is generally in a water-logged See also:condition during the rains. The See also:climate in the district is therefore decidedly malarious, especially at the beginning and end of the rains. From See also:November to See also: (J. G. Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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