Native Name: | Burmese: မူလာရှီးဒီ |
Official Name: | Mulashidi |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map: | Burma |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Burma |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Division |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Putao District |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Putao Township |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2005 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2: | Buddhism |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | 27.2553°N 97.4308°W |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | +6.30 |
Mulashidi is a town in Putao Township in Kachin State, in far-northern Myanmar. The Nam Lang River flows through Mulashidi.[1]
During the Chinese Civil War, Mao's advances prompted an American missionary, J. Russell Morse, to flee from Yunnan Province to Myanmar, which was then a British colony. He founded a Church of Christ mission at Mulashidi with several thousand parishioners.
Mulashidi is home to the Malikha Lodge, a luxury resort designed by Belgian architect Jean-Michel Gathy. The ruins of Morse's mission can still be visited as well.[2]