page_title: Mawlamyine
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Mawlamyine / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Moulmein and river
context_page_description: Mawlamyine, formerly Moulmein, is the fourth largest city of Myanmar, 300 km south east of Yangon and 70 km south of Thaton, at the mouth of Thanlwin River. The city is the capital and largest city of Mon State and the main trading center and seaport in south eastern Myanmar.
caption: Moulmein and the mouth of the Thanlwin River in the early-1900s
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