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Hpakant

Boom town, Myanmar.

About Hpakant

Human settlement in Myanmar.1

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Events

Led toHpakant jade mine landslideA monsoon lake burst through mining waste in Kachin State and swept away informal miners.2

Places

An example ofMogokAnother boom town in Myanmar: Mogok.1ExamplesJhariaAnother boom town, in Myanmar: Hpakant.3

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q15226232 (Hpakant)
  2. Myanmar jade mine disaster highlights government inaction Global Witness
  3. Wikidata item Q12429699 (Jharia)

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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