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Pinwe

Pinwe is a village in Indaw Township, Katha District, in the Sagaing Region of northern-central Myanmar.

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Pinwe
Village
Pinwe
Location within Myanmar
Coordinates: 24°20′26″N 96°11′36″E / 24.340667°N 96.193389°E / 24.340667; 96.193389
Country Myanmar
RegionSagaing Region
DistrictKatha District
TownshipIndaw Township
Population
 (2014 Census)1
 • Total
2,955
Time zoneUTC+6.30 (MST)

Pinwe (Burmese: ပင်ဝယ်ရွာ) is a village in Indaw Township, Katha District, in the Sagaing Region of northern-central Myanmar.

The village has a railway station on the Mandalay–Myitkyina line.2

History

A Bren gun team of 36th Infantry Division man a front-line position during the final assault on Pinwe, 22 November 1944. source ↗

During the Burma campaign it was the site of a three-week-long battle, which resulted in Pinwe being captured by the 36th Infantry Division, from Japanese forces, on 30 November 1944.34

References

References

  1. "The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census SAGAING REGION, KATHA DISTRICT Indaw Township Report" (PDF). Myanmar Information Management Unit. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
  2. "34-down train derails between Mawlu and Pinwe stations" (PDF). Vol. XX, Number 156. New Light of Myanmar. 23 September 2012.
  3. McLynn, Frank (2011). The Burma campaign : disaster into triumph, 1942-45. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-17836-4. OCLC 758389529.
  4. Hutchinson's Pictorial History of the War, Volumes 25-26 (1944), p. 383