Indaw

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Indaw is a town in northern Myanmar. It is the main town of Indaw Township in Katha District, Sagaing Region. The town is about 1 mile southeast of Indaw Lake, and the Naba rail junction lies roughly 3 miles to the northeast. Indaw covers about 0.76 square kilometers and had around 10,700 residents in 2019. It sits about 118 meters above sea level and is in the UTC+6:30 time zone. In World War II, a major campaign between Japanese and British forces was fought there in 1944, with two Japanese airfields nearby: Indaw West and Indaw Lake. On 7 April 2025, a coalition of the Kachin Independence Army, the People's Defense Force, and ABSDF captured the town from the State Administration Council junta.