Meiktila
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Meiktila မိတ္ထီလာမြို့ |
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 Meiktila
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| Coordinates: 20°53′0″N 95°53′0″E / 20.88333°N 95.88333°E | |
| Country |
 Burma
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| Division | Mandalay |
| District | Meiktila District |
| Township | Meiktila Township |
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| • Ethnicities | Bamar, Karen, Shan |
| • Religions | Theravada Buddhism |
| Time zone | MST (UTC+6.30) |
Meiktila (Burmese: မိတ္ထီလာမြို့; MLCTS: mit thi la mrui.; Burmese pronunciation: [meɪʔtʰìlà mjo̰]) is a city in central Burma on the banks of Meiktila Lake in the Mandalay Region at the junctions of the Bagan-Taunggyi, Yangon-Mandalay and Meiktila-Myingyan highways. Because of its strategic position, Meiktila is home to Myanmar Air Force's central command and Meiktila Air Force Base. The country's main aerospace engineering university, Myanmar Aerospace Engineering University is also located in Meiktila.
The name Meiktila comes from Mithila, the name of an Indian kingdom in India.
The history of Meiktila is closely tied to that of central Myanmar's dry zone, home of the Bamar people. The region had been part of various Bamar kingdoms at least from 11th century CE to 19th century CE before the British Empire took over all of Upper Myanmar in 1885.
Meiktila was part of the 1945 Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay, during which the Allied forces under William Slim defeated the Japanese forces. Soon after Burma's independence from Britain in 1948, Meiktila briefly fell under the insurgent Karen forces.
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