Bhamo is a city in Kachin State in Myanmar, located 186 km south from the capital of Myitkyina. It is on the Ayeyarwady River, and is the nearest river port to the Chinese border. The population is a mix of Chinese and Shan, with Kachin peoples in the hills around the town. Kachin State is in the northen part of Myanmar, and it has many ethnic groups such as Burmese, Kachin (Jinghpaw, Rawang, Lisu, Zaiwa, Lawngwaw, Lachyit), Indians and some Shan. ... Myitkyina is the capital of the Kachin State in Burma (Myanmar). ... The Irrawaddy (newer spelling Ayeyarwaddy) is a river that flows through the centre of Myanmar (formerly Burma). It is Myanmars most important commercial waterway. ... The Shan are an ethnic group of Southeast Asia. ... Kachin is a state of Burma. ...
Bhamo was once called Sampanago, and was the capital of a now-extinct Shan kingdom of Manmaw. The ruins of the old city walls still exist, some 5 km from the modern town.
The city is open to foreigners only by special permit.
Located c.900 mi (1,450 km) from the sea, it is the head of navigation on the Ayeyarwady.
Bhamo is the market town for the surrounding hill region and is also important for its ruby mines.
Formerly significant as a center of overland trade with China, it was linked in World War II by the building of the Stilwell Road to Ledo in Assam, India.
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