Heho
title: "Heho" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-shan-state", "kalaw-township"] topic_path: "law" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heho" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Heho |
| native_name | ဟဲဟိုး |
| | settlement_type | Town | | image_skyline | Heho View from Heho Hill.jpg | | image_caption | A view of Heho from Heho Hill | | pushpin_map | Myanmar | | pushpin_label_position | right | | pushpin_map_caption | Location in Myanmar | | subdivision_type | Country | | subdivision_name | Myanmar | | subdivision_type1 | State | | subdivision_name1 | Shan State | | subdivision_type2 | District | | subdivision_name2 | Kalaw District | | subdivision_type3 | Township | | subdivision_name3 | Kalaw Township | | timezone | MST | | utc_offset | +6.30 | | coordinates | | ::
|name =Heho |other_name = |native_name = ဟဲဟိုး
|settlement_type =Town |image_skyline = Heho View from Heho Hill.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = A view of Heho from Heho Hill |pushpin_map = Myanmar |pushpin_label_position =right |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Myanmar |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name =Myanmar |subdivision_type1 =State |subdivision_name1 = Shan State |subdivision_type2 = District |subdivision_name2 = Kalaw District |subdivision_type3 = Township |subdivision_name3 = Kalaw Township |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = |established_date = |area_total_km2 = |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = |timezone = MST |utc_offset = +6.30 |coordinates = |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |website = |footnotes = Heho () is a small town in Kalaw Township, Shan State of Myanmar (formerly Burma). It is the primary air gateway to tourist areas such as Inle Lake.
Heho is connected by NH4 to Sakangyi and Taunggyi, the capital of the Shan State in the east. A dirt road northwest from Heho leads to the old silver-lead mines of Maw Son (Baw Zaing).
Climate
|location = Heho, elevation 1159 m, (1981–2010) | single line = Y | metric first = Y | width = auto | Jan high C = 24.8 | Feb high C = 26.8 | Mar high C = 29.7 | Apr high C = 31.4 | May high C = 29.2 | Jun high C = 27.4 | Jul high C = 26.6 | Aug high C = 26.7 | Sep high C = 27.2 | Oct high C = 27.2 | Nov high C = 25.5 | Dec high C = 24.2 | year high C = 27.2 | Jan low C = 3.9 | Feb low C = 5.8 | Mar low C = 10.0 | Apr low C = 14.9 | May low C = 18.0 | Jun low C = 19.2 | Jul low C = 19.1 | Aug low C = 19.0 | Sep low C = 18.2 | Oct low C = 16.3 | Nov low C = 11.7 | Dec low C = 6.2 | year low C = 13.5 | rain colour = green | Jan rain mm = 7.3 | Feb rain mm = 21.5 | Mar rain mm = 30.1 | Apr rain mm = 65.8 | May rain mm = 159.9 | Jun rain mm = 183.3 | Jul rain mm = 329.3 | Aug rain mm = 336.3 | Sep rain mm = 194.3 | Oct rain mm = 78.6 | Nov rain mm = 48.6 | Dec rain mm = 12.6 | year rain mm = 1467.6 | source 1 = Norwegian Meteorological Institute
History
It was a small village of Danu people. The village grew into a town in the 1920s when the single-line railway line was extended from Aungpan to Shwenyaung, and Heho was determined to be a convenient intermediate stop and transfer point. Later an airport was built, 4 km northwest of the town. The airport served as an airbase both for the Allies and the Japanese during World War II. The airbase was heavily bombed by the Allies. Evidence of aircraft bunker revetments and bomb craters can still be seen on the southern end of the airfield, especially noticeable from the air.
Air Bagan Flight 011, a Fokker 100 passenger jet, crashed near Heho on 25 December 2012. Two passengers were found dead in the plane crash. The domestic flight carrying 65 passengers was forced to make an emergency landing near Heho Airport.
References
References
- "Maps". [[Google Maps]].
- "[[Bing Maps]]". [[Microsoft]] and [[Harris Corporation]] Earthstar Geographics LLC.
- "Myanmar Climate Report". Norwegian Meteorological Institute.
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