class="apple-converted-space"> in Myanmar (Burma), located 1,480 kilometers
(920 mi) from Yangon, and
785 kilometers (488 mi) from Mandalay.
In Burmese it means "near the
big river", and in fact "Myitkyina" lies on the west bank of the Ayeyarwady River, just below 40
kilometers (25 mi) from Myit-son (Burmese for confluence) of its two headstreams
(the Mali and N'mai rivers). It is the northernmost river port and railway terminus in Myanmar.
