Mawchi
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Mawachi a location in the Bawlake district of the Kayah State
(also called Karenni State) is a state of Myanmar and formerly in the Karenni
States of Burma. In the 1930s, the Mawchi Mine was the most important source of tungsten
in the world.
Kayah State
Kayah State is a state of Myanmar. Situated in eastern Myanmar, it is bounded on the north by Shan State, on the east by Thailand's Mae Hong Son Province, and on the south and west by Kayin State. It lies approximately between 18° 30' and 19° 55' north latitude and between 94°40' and 97° 93' east...
(also called Karenni State) is a state of Myanmar and formerly in the Karenni
Karenni
Red Karen also known as Karenni, is a subgroup of the Karen people, a Sino-Tibetan people living mostly in Kayah State of Burma....
States of Burma. In the 1930s, the Mawchi Mine was the most important source of tungsten
Tungsten
Tungsten , also known as wolfram , is a chemical element with the chemical symbol W and atomic number 74.A hard, rare metal under standard conditions when uncombined, tungsten is found naturally on Earth only in chemical compounds. It was identified as a new element in 1781, and first isolated as...
in the world.