Where is the capital of Myanmar?

Current capital: Binmana

Pyinmana, also translated as Binwenna or Pingman, is located in the mountainous area of central Myanmar, 250 kilometers south of Mandalay and on the right bank of the upper reaches of Xidang River. Yangon, 390 kilometers north, is the new capital of Myanmar. The population is over 20,000. Sugarcane and sesame are all produced around. There is a sugar factory. Yangon-Myitkyina Railway passes through, and another branch railway line leads to the northwest oil exploitation center. Binmana was originally the third largest city in Myanmar. It was once the military hub of Myanmar national hero Aung San Suu Kyi (the father of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, now under house arrest by the military government) and the base camp of guerrillas. It is also a mountain trading town between the former capital Yangon and the northern big city Mandalay. However, without any warning in advance, the Burmese military government suddenly ordered several departments to go to war on June 6, 2005. The Minister of Information, General Jueshan, confirmed that he had moved the capital the next day.

According to government sources, the new government building complex is located in a valley, covering an area of about 65,438+00 square kilometers, surrounded by mountains and dense forests, and 30 kilometers away from the nearest town. According to the blueprint, it will include the Prime Minister's residence, parliament building, airport, hospital, medium-sized hydropower station, golf course, hotel, and 40 buildings with 500 bureaucrats each for use by various departments. There is also a military building with a military headquarters and a bunker.

According to the BBC, in fact, Myanmar's military government has begun to pay special attention to this area in the past few years, and started large-scale construction about 12 months ago. Therefore, it is believed that Myanmar's military government began planning this plan to move the capital several years ago, but it has never been announced to the public.

The purpose of moving the capital

According to reports, it is believed that the main purpose of the Myanmar government's move to the capital is that Yangon is located by the sea, which is more conducive to preventing maritime invasion and controlling powerful ethnic minorities such as Qin, Karen, Kaye and Shan. According to the BBC, when they moved to the capital, no one could bring their families, and many unmarried bachelors were ordered by the military government to move there.

Objective supplement: There are different opinions on the reasons for moving the capital.

Many analysts believe that moving the capital is due to the lessons of the US military attacking Iraq and the Burmese military government; It is also said that moving the capital to the central part is conducive to strengthening the government's control over border ethnic minorities; In the history of Myanmar, there have been many examples of moving the capital, especially during the last feudal dynasty, the Kampong Dynasty. It is not surprising that moving the capital is a tradition. Some people even think that the upper class in Myanmar believed in divination from ancient times to the rosary period. This time, the capital was moved because the top leaders of the Burmese military government listened to the advice of the fortune teller, "moving the capital to avoid evil and make money."

All these "confusions" have their origins, and these thoughts and considerations cannot be completely ruled out in the high-level military of Myanmar. But in my opinion, these are probably not enough evidence.

The "American attack theory" lacks reliable and credible basis. Although the Bush administration once accused the Myanmar government of being an "outpost of tyranny", it mainly targeted at the so-called democracy and human rights issues in Myanmar. After all, Myanmar is not Iraq, and the United States has no suitable excuse, so it is impossible not to consider all kinds of relations. It is hard to imagine that the United States will go to war against a member of the United Nations, an ASEAN member, and a country with friendly relations with China and India, without posing a threat to itself and the international community. From a military point of view, there is a great disparity between the United States and Myanmar in military strength and technology. If the United States really wants to fight Myanmar, it is much easier for the US military to attack the sparsely populated and isolated city of Binmana than Rangoon, a big city with a population of several million. What's more, hurting innocent civilians is a taboo in contemporary wars.

As for the "theory of controlling border minorities", the solution of contemporary ethnic problems in Myanmar has not been fully considered. The problem lies not in the location of the capital, but mainly in the policy. What's more, the situation of ethnic relations in Myanmar is favorable to the military government, and political settlement has obviously become an irreversible trend to solve ethnic problems in Myanmar.

The "divination theory" ignores the fact that it is now clear that "moving the capital" was not a "whim" of the top military government in 2005. Myanmar's military government quietly built various facilities in Binmana several years ago, and is making secret preparations for moving the capital.

One of the factors that led to the military government's sudden announcement of moving the capital in 2005 may be the continuous explosions in Yangon in recent years, especially the three explosions in one day on May 7, 2005, which killed 1 1 people and injured 162 people. Perhaps stimulated by the explosion, the military government, which was already preparing to move the capital, felt that "it is better to move early than late." If so, it is not difficult to solve the mystery of moving the capital.

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