Putao
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Putao is a city of Kachin State, Myanmar and is the site of the World War II British Fort Hertz. It can only be reached by air. The area around Putao is famous for the variety of rare orchids, which grow naturally.
[edit] Hkamti Long
Hkamti Long (also Khamti Long) is the former name of the area around the city of Putao in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) settled by the Hkamti Shan people of the country. The name means in "Great Place of Gold" in the Hkamti Shan language [1].
The area covered by Hkamti Long may have included parts of what is now Kachin State (where Putao is located) as well as that of Shan State.
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- Glossary of Burmese terms
- Burma Library message post
- Shan history
- LoveToKnow 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica article
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