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{{Infobox settlement
|settlement_type = Town
|name = Wuntho
|native_name = ဝန္းသို
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|subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
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|subdivision_type1 = [[Administrative divisions of Burma|Region]]
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|subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Burma|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Katha District]]
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|population_density_km2 = auto
|coordinates = {{coord|23|53|59|N|95|40|49|E|region:MM|display=inline,title}}
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'''Wuntho''' ({{langx|shn|ဝဵင်းသိူဝ်}}) is a town in [[Katha District]], [[Sagaing Division]], [[
==History==
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While not the capital, it gave its name to the [[Wuntho|native state of Wuntho]]<ref>Crosthwaite, Charles Haukes Todd (1912) ''The Pacification of Burma'' E. Arnold, London, [
On 30 December 1994, on the outskirts of Wuntho on the Bonkyaung bridge a Mandalay-[[Myitkyina]] passenger train derailed when its brakes failed and one passenger car plummeted into a ravine. In all, 102 people were killed and 53 were seriously injured.<ref>Associated Press (2 January 1995) "Train derails in Myanmar, 102 killed" ''Toronto Star'' page A-13</ref><ref>Staff (5 January 1995) "Rail derailment kills 102, injures 53" ''BBC Summary of World Broadcasts'' from Radio Myanmar, Rangoon, in Burmese, 1330 GMT 31 December 1994</ref>
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* [http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/bitstream/1810/1329/1/RCSPC-Y3029A-014.jpg "Photograph of a street in Wuntho, 1891"] Royal Commonwealth Society Library
* [http://www.maplandia.com/burma/sagaing/wuntho/wuntho/ "Wuntho Map — Satellite Images of Wuntho"] ''Maplandia''
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[[Category:Township capitals of Myanmar]]
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