Muse (Shan State)
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Muse မူဆယ် |
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 Muse
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| Coordinates: 23°58′45″N 97°54′17″E / 23.97917°N 97.90472°ECoordinates: 23°58′45″N 97°54′17″E / 23.97917°N 97.90472°E | |
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 Myanmar
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| Division | Shan State |
| District | Mu Se District |
| Township | Mu Se Township |
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| • Religions | Buddhism |
| Time zone | MMT (UTC+6.30) |
Muse (Burmese: မူဆယ်, pronounced: [mùsʰɛ̀]) is the capital town of Mu Se Township (also spelled as Muse Township) in northern Shan State, Myanmar. It is situated on the Shweli River, and is connected by a bridge and road to Ruili (Shweli, [ʃwèlì], in Burmese) in Yunnan Province, China.
The old bridge in Muse, dubbed the "Gun Bridge" by locals in reference to the frequency of illegal armaments trafficking through the bridge, was closed in 2005, replaced by a wider bridge parallel to it.
Since 2014 the governments of Myanmar and China have been seeking to resolve a border dispute in the area of Namkham and Muse.
Muse is today connected to Mandalay via Lashio by the National Highway 3 450 km Asian Highway route 14 (AH14), The old Burma Road links the new road to Bhamo in Kachin State which links to the Ledo Road. Mandalay-Lashio-Muse Road included part of the Burma Road and was rebuilt and upgraded for heavy traffic in 1998 on a Build-Operate-Transfer basis (BOT) by the Asia World Company headed by the son of the former opium warlord Lo Hsing Han. It has cut the journey time from 2 days, even a week in the rainy season, to just 12–16 hours. Muse is also connected to central Burma via the Mandalay-Lashio Northern Shan State Railway.
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