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Mottama
  • မုတ္တမ
  • မုဟ်တၟံ
Town
Mottama is located in Myanmar
Mottama
Mottama
Location in Burma
Coordinates: 16°31′48″N 97°36′08″E / 16.53000°N 97.60222°E / 16.53000; 97.60222
CountryMottama Myanmar
StateMottama Mon State
DistrictThaton District
Population
 • Ethnicities
Mon Burman Karen
 • Religions
Theravada Buddhism
Time zoneUTC+6:30 (MST)

Mottama (Burmese: မုတ္တမမြို့, pronounced [moʊʔtəma̰ mjo̰]; Muttama Mon: မုဟ်တၟံ, [mùh mɔˀ]; formerly Martaban) is a town in the Thaton District of Mon State, Myanmar. Located on the west bank of the Thanlwin river (Salween), on the opposite side of Mawlamyaing, Mottama was the capital of the Martaban Kingdom (later known as Hanthawaddy Kingdom) from 1287 to 1364, and an entrepôt of international repute until the mid-16th century.

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Mottama

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Look up မုဟ်တၟံ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mottama (Burmese: မုတ္တမမြို့, pronounced [moʊʔtəma̰ mjo̰]; Muttama Mon: မုဟ်တၟံ, [mùh mɔˀ]; formerly...

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Gulf of Martaban

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မုတ္တမပင်လယ်ကွေ့) or the Gulf of Mottama is an arm of the Andaman Sea in the southern part of Burma. The gulf is named after the port city of Mottama (formerly known as...

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Hanthawaddy Kingdom

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centres: the Irrawaddy Delta, Bago, and Mottama. Its kings had little or no authority over the vassals. Mottama was in open rebellion from 1363 to 1388...

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Naresuan

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defeated by a combined Thai fleet. Additionally, Burmese troops marching from Mottama were ambushed by the combined Chakri and Khlang force, resulting in the...

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Mindanao

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Scott, quoting the Portuguese manuscript Summa Orientalis, noted that Mottama in Burma (Myanmar) had a large presence of merchants from Mindanao. In...

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Sittaung River

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uncsgn-docs/inf/8th_UNCSGN_econf.94_INF.75.pdf [bare URL PDF] "Gulf of Mottama". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018. "Sittaung...

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UMS Moattama

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UMS Moattama (1501) also UMS Mottama (Burmese: မုတ္တမ) is the first landing platform dock (LPD) and current flagship of the Myanmar Navy. Like other LPDs...

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Mawlamyine

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south. It was the rail head to Ye, linked to Yangon by rail only from Mottama (Martaban) across the river by ferry, but today connected by the Thanlwin...

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Tanintharyi Region

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1740–1757, the Siamese cautiously moved along the coast to the south of Mottama in 1751. The winner of the civil war, King Alaungpaya of Konbaung Dynasty...

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Min Bala of Myaungmya

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like a sovereign from his own palace just outside the capital Martaban (Mottama) until his death. Chronicles do not mention his background. Based on the...

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Khmer Empire

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Rajapura (Ratchaburi) and Singhanagari (Songkla), Marutma (Martaban or Mottama, Southern Myanmar), Champa and Yawana (Annam). This record describes the...

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History of Thailand

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on Burma, resulting in the capture of the Tanintharyi Region as far as Mottama in 1595 and Lan Na in 1602. Naresuan even invaded mainland Burma as far...

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List of Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance

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Name Area (ha) Area (acre) Gulf of Mottama 161,030 397,900 Indawgyi Wildlife Sanctuary 47,884.38 118,324.9 Inlay Lake Ramsar Site 5,797.6 14,326 Meinmahla...

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Rail transport in Myanmar

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into southern Myanmar began in 1907 with the construction of the Bago-Mottama line. Passengers had to take a ferry over the Thanlwin River (Salween River)...

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Pathum Thani province

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province. The city dates back to a settlement founded by Mon migrating from Mottama (Thai: เมาะตะมะ) in Myanmar around 1650. The original name was Sam Khok...

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Saw Binnya

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Burmese pronunciation: [sɔ́ bəɲá]; died 1541) was viceroy of Martaban (Mottama) from c. 1510s to 1539, and the self-proclaimed king of the rump Hanthawaddy...

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History of the Philippines

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Scott, quoting the Portuguese manuscript Summa Orientalis, noted that Mottama in Burma (Myanmar) had a large presence of merchants from the island of...

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List of cities and largest towns in Myanmar

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5,202 0.00% 236 Sinpaungwe  Magway Region 5,089 5,089 0.00% 237 Kyaikkhami  Mon State 39,239 39,239 0.00% 238 Mottama  Mon State 39,671 39,671 0.00%...

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Mon State

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Thailand and Taninthayi Division in the south and Andaman Sea and Gulf of Mottama in the West, Mon state is situated between latitudes 14°52′ north and 17°32′...

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Mon language

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various regions the Mon inhabit. They are the Central (areas surrounding Mottama and Mawlamyine), Bago, and Ye dialects. All are mutually intelligible....

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Salween River

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Thanlwin Bridge, the second longest bridge in Burma, connects Mawlamyine to Mottama. The combined river then breaks into the Dayebauk (north) and Mawlamyine...

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History of Myanmar

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Lower-Burma-based kingdom was a loose federation of regional power centre in the Mottama, the Pegu and the Irrawaddy Delta. The energetic reign of Razadarit (1384–1421)...

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De Havilland Dove

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of Union of Burma Airways, registration XY-ABO, crashed in the Gulf of Mottama (Martaban) en route from Mingaladon Airport to Moulmein (Mawlamyine) Airport...

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Binnya E Laung

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still a young child when his father brought him to the capital Martaban (Mottama). His father had been summoned by Queen Sanda Min Hla to take over the...

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List of Dutch East India Company trading posts and settlements

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Mrohaung (1610-1665) Martaban (1660-?), lasted only for a few years; now Mottama Ayutthaya, main quarter, 1613-1767 Patani (Pattani), trading house, 1602-1623...

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List of former national capitals

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Kingdom Myanmar 849 1297 moved to Myinsaing, Mekkhaya and Pinle Martaban (Mottama) Hanthawaddy Kingdom Myanmar 1287 1363 moved to Donwun Donwun Hanthawaddy...

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Mon kingdoms

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Ramannadesa by unifying three Mon-speaking regions of Lower Burma: Martaban (Mottama), Pegu (Bago), the Irrawaddy delta. The kingdom's first capital was at...

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