MYITKYINA  , the most northerly of the distracts of Upper

Burma in the Mandalay division, separated from Bhamo district in 1895 . It is cut up into strips by comparatively low parallel ranges of hills running in a general way north and south . The chief plain is that of Myitkyina, covering 600 sq. m . TO the east of the Irrawaddy, which bisects the district, it is low-lying and marshy . To the west it rises to a higher level, and is mostly dry . Except in the hills inhabited by the Kachin tribes there are practically no villages off the line of the Irrawaddy . The Indawgyi lake, a fine stretch of water measuring 16 m. by 6, lies in the south-west of the district . A very small amount of cultivation is carried on, mostly without irrigation . Area, 10,640 sq. m.; estimated population (Igor) 67,399, showing a density of six persons to the square mile . More than half the total are Kachins, who inhabit the hills on both sides of the Irrawaddy . The headquarters town, MYITKYINA, had in 1901 a population of 3618 . It is the limit of navigation on the Irrawaddy, and the terminus of the railway from Rangoon and Sagaing .