Mottama

E876016

Mottama is a historic port town in southeastern Myanmar, long known as Martaban, which was once an important trading center in the region.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mottama canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf port town
town
alsoKnownAs Martaban
Muttama
climate tropical monsoon climate
continent Asia
coordinateSystem geographic coordinates
country Myanmar
ethnicRegion Mon people
gaveNameTo Gulf of Martaban
hasFeature coastal access
river port
tidal estuary location
hasHistoricalName Martaban
hasTopography low-lying coastal plain
historicallyConnectedTo Arab merchants
Burmese kingdoms
linked to: Kingdom of Ava

Chinese merchants
Indian merchants
Mon kingdoms
Thai kingdoms
historicalRole historic port town
important trading center
languageRegion Mon language
locatedIn southeastern Myanmar
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Mon State
locatedNear Gulf of Martaban
locatedOn Thanlwin River
locatedOpposite Mawlamyine
partOf Lower Burma
linked to: Lower Myanmar
partOfHistoricalRegion Martaban region
presentInPeriod early modern period
medieval period
precolonial Burma
region Southeast Asia
strategicImportance control of access to interior via Thanlwin River
node in regional maritime trade routes
timeZone Myanmar Standard Time
tradeRegion Andaman Sea
Bay of Bengal
Indian Ocean trade network
usedFor maritime trade
riverine trade
UTCOffset +6:30

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Martaban formerNameOf Mottama
Martaban presentDayTownName Mottama