Myitkyina (in English, pronounced myiʔʧíná)'s the capital city of Kachin State in Myanmar (formerly Burma), located 919 miles from Yangon, or 487 miles from Mandalay. In Burmese it means "near the big river", and in fact "Myitkyina" lies on the west bank of the Ayeyarwady River, just below 25 miles from Myit-son (Burmese for confluence) of its two headstreams (the Mali and N'mai rivers). It's the northernmost river port and railways terminus in Myanmar. During World War II i… (More on Myitkyina)