Namaklwe

Namaklwe
Village
Namaklwe
Location in Burma
Coordinates: 19°48′24″N 98°56′30″E / 19.80667°N 98.94167°E / 19.80667; 98.94167Coordinates: 19°48′24″N 98°56′30″E / 19.80667°N 98.94167°E / 19.80667; 98.94167
Country  Burma
State Shan State
District Mongsat District
Township Mong Ton Township
Time zone UTC+6.30 (MST)

Namaklwe is a village near the Burma-Thai border in Mong Ton Township of Shan State in eastern Burma. It lies along National Highway 45 which connects it to Mong Ton in the north and leads into Thailand, just to the south.[1][2] It has been a site of conflict when the Burma Frontier Force once gunned down Siamese invaders at Namaklwe.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Maps (Map). Google Maps. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  2. ↑ Bing Maps (Map). Microsoft and Harris Corporation Earthstar Geographics LLC. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  3. ↑ Astor, Gerald (2004). The jungle war: mavericks, marauders, and madmen in the China-Burma-India theater of World War II. J. Wiley & Sons. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-471-27393-6. Retrieved 28 September 2011.


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