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|name          =  Myitnge
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|native_name            = မြစ်ငယ်မြို့
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|subdivision_name1      = {{flag|Mandalay}}
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|subdivision_name2      = [[Amarapura District|Amarapura]]
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'''Myitnge''' ({{lang-my|မြစ်ငယ်မြို့}}) is a [[town]] in [[Amarapura Township]] in the [[Mandalay Region]] of central [[Burma]]. It is situated between [[Amarapura]] and the [[Myitnge River]] and lies along [[National Highway 1 (Burma)|National Highway 1]] which connects it to the city of [[Mandalay]] in the north.<ref>{{cite map|title=[[Google Maps]]|publisher=Google<!--|access-date=2 January 2010-->}}</ref><ref>{{cite map|title=[[Bing Maps]] |publisher=[[Microsoft]] and [[Harris Corporation]] Earthstar Geographics LLC<!--|access-date=2 January 2010-->}}</ref>

It has one of Burma's main [[railway]] [[workshop]]s for passenger [[Coach (rail)|coaches]] and [[freight car|freight wagons]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jbic.go.jp/english/oec/post/2002/pdf/072_full.pdf |title=Burma Railways Modernization Project (I)(II) |publisher=[[Japan Bank for International Cooperation]] (JBIC), October 2002 |access-date=2008-12-30 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040405011856/http://www.jbic.go.jp/english/oec/post/2002/pdf/072_full.pdf |archive-date=April 5, 2004 }}</ref> The [[General Strike]] of 1974 started at the Myitnge [[railway yard]] at the end of May spreading to the rest of the country including the capital [[Yangon|Rangoon]] where it ended in bloodshed when the army opened fire on workers at Thamaing [[textile mill]] and Simmalaik [[dockyard]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seaca.net/viewArticle.php?aID=17|title=A Review of Labour Law in Burma|publisher=South East Asian Committee for Advocacy June 4, 2004|access-date=2008-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724055847/http://www.seaca.net/viewArticle.php?aID=17|archive-date=July 24, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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==External links==
*[http://www.maplandia.com/burma/mandalay/amarapura/myitnge/ Satellite map] Maplandia.com


[[Category:Populated places in Mandalay District]]
[[Category:Amarapura Township]]


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