Wuntho () is a town in Kawlin District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar. It is the administrative seat of Wuntho Township.
History
While not the capital, it gave its name to the native state of WunthoCrosthwaite, Charles Haukes Todd (1912) The Pacification of Burma E. Arnold, London, page 92, which was formally annexed to Burma by the British in 1892. Rail service from Mandalay was extended to Wuntho in 1893.Dautremer, Joseph (1913) Burma under British Rule (translated from Dautremer, Joseph (1912) La Birmanie sous le régime britannique: une colonie modèle Guilmoto, Paris, ) T.F. Unwin, London, page 205, ; full text pp. 194-213 from the online library eBooksRead.com
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.Associated Press (2 January 1995) "Train derails in Myanmar, 102 killed" Toronto Star page A-13Staff (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
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External links "Photograph of a street in Wuntho, 1891" Royal Commonwealth Society Library "Wuntho Map — Satellite Images of Wuntho" Maplandia