sa, IPA: [ka̰θà]), sometimes also spelled Kathar (Shan: ၵၢတ်ႇသႃႇ), is a town in Sagaing Region, Myanmar, on the west side of the Irrawaddy River on a bluff with an average elevation of 124 m (407 ft).

Katha is populated with government offices and many of the early town settlers were from every part of Burma and usually had background history of civil service under at least one ministerial department.

[citation needed] Katha is known in literature as the real place underlying the fictional Kyauktada, the setting of George Orwell's first novel Burmese Days (1934).

The British Club (including active tennis court), police station, and town jail are locations mentioned in the novel that can still be visited today.

Katha has links with prominent Burmese writers such as Shwe U Daung, Thaw Tar Swe, Theik-Pan Muu Tin, and AFPFL leader Kyaw Nyein.