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Hnaring
Hnaring () is a village tract in Thantlang Township, in Chin State in Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has .... It contains two villages- Hnaring A and Hnaring B, constituting the largest settlement of the Lutuv Chin people. The village of Hnaring, split into an older (Hnaring Khyhlung) and newer (Hnaring Khythaa) village, is theorized to have been founded around 1660, according to Fr. André Bareigts's notes on Lutuv oral history. References {{Chin State Populated places in Chin State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lutuv
The Lutuv () are an indigenous people living in southern Chin State, Myanmar. The Lutuv are widely known by other tribes as the "Lautu of the Southern independent villages", a name derived from the central dominant Hakha Lai pronunciation of their endonym. The Lutuv speak the Lutuv language, and they are predominantly Christian. Ethnonyms The terms used to refer to the group differ between outsiders and the community itself: * Exonym: ''Lautu'' – a name used by others. * Endonym: ''Lutuv'' – the name used by the community. Geographic distribution As of January 2017, the Lutuv population was approximately 50,000. It is believed that the first Lutuv village, Tyise (also known as Tisen), was founded around AD 1450. Lutuv is spoken in the following villages in Chin State: # Hnaring Hnaring () is a village tract in Thantlang Township, in Chin State in Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thantlang Township
Thantlang Township () is one of the nine Townships of Myanmar, townships in Chin State. Thantlang is the administrative town of inclusive nine circles (also called mountain ranges) attributed to the geographical and dialectical arrangements of the area. They are Khualhring Tlang (Khualhring circle), Vanzang Tlang (Vanzang circle), Zahnak Tlang (Zahnak circle), Bual Tlang (Bual circle), Vailam Tlang ( Vailam circle ) Lautu Tlang (Lautu circle), Mara Tlang (Mara circle), Vailam Tlang (Vailam circle), Zophei Tlang (Zophei circle) and Bawipa Tlang (Bawipa circle). Only four circles speak Lai dialect. Zophei(Zophei and Bawipa circles), Lautu (Lautu circle), HawThai (Mara circle) speak their tribal language. The other fives circles and in Thantlang town speak Lai dialect. In Thantlang township, Lai dialect is the common use dialect. Lai dialect is also spoken at Hakha township and Falam township. A variety of languages and different accents are spoken in Thantlang township, including Laut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Village Tract
A village tract (; also spelt village-tract), also called overvillage, is a fourth-level administrative subdivision of Myanmar's rural townships. As of August 2015, there are 13,602 village tracts in Myanmar, consisting of 70,838 villages. The equivalent for urban townships is a ward. See also * Administrative divisions of Burma Myanmar is divided into 21 administrative divisions, which include #Regions, States, and Union Territory, seven regions, #Regions, States, and Union Territory, seven states, Naypyidaw Union Territory, one union territory, Wa Self-Administere ... References {{Articles on fourth-level administrative divisions of countries Subdivisions of Myanmar Burma 4 Village tract, Burma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
States Of Myanmar
Myanmar is divided into 21 administrative divisions, which include seven regions, seven states, one union territory, one self-administered division, and five self-administered zones. Table Following is the table of government subdivisions and its organizational structure based on different regions, states, the union territory, the self-administered division, and the self-administered zones: The regions were called divisions prior to August 2010, and four of them are named after their capital city, the exceptions being Sagaing Region, Ayeyarwady Region and Tanintharyi Region. The regions can be described as ethnically predominantly Burman (Bamar), while the states, the zones and Wa Division are dominated by ethnic minorities. Yangon Region has the largest population and is the most densely populated. The smallest population is Kayah State. In terms of land area, Shan State is the largest and Naypyidaw Union Territory is the smallest. Regions and states are divide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Myanmar
Districts (; ) are the second-level administrative divisions of Myanmar. They are the subdivisions of the administrative divisions of Myanmar, regions and states of Myanmar. Districts are in turn are subdivided into Townships of Myanmar, townships, then towns, wards and villages. Prior to 2022, there were 76 districts in Myanmar. The number of districts was expanded to a total of 121 on 30 April 2022 through Notification 319/2022 through 333/2022 under the authority of the Ministry of Home Affairs (Myanmar), Ministry of Home Affairs with the most new districts going to Shan State and Yangon Region. The district's role is more supervisory as the townships of Myanmar, townships are the basic administrative unit of local governance. A district is led by a district administrator, a civil servant appointed through the General Administration Department, General Administration Department (GAD) of the Ministry of Home Affairs (Myanmar), Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA). The minister of ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hakha District
Hakha District is the third district of the Chin State, Union of Myanmar. It was formed in the first Chin State Hluttaw emergency meeting No. 2/2012 on 1 June 2012.http://www.mrtv3.net.mm/newpaper/46newsn.pdf Page 16 Col 1 It consists of *Hakha Township and *Thantlang Township Thantlang Township () is one of the nine Townships of Myanmar, townships in Chin State. Thantlang is the administrative town of inclusive nine circles (also called mountain ranges) attributed to the geographical and dialectical arrangements of the .... References States and territories established in 2012 Districts of Myanmar Chin State {{Chin-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Townships Of Myanmar
Townships (; ) are the third-level Administrative divisions of Myanmar, administrative divisions of Myanmar. They are the sub-divisions of the districts of Myanmar. According to the Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU), as of December 2015, there are 330 townships in Myanmar."Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map" Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU) Townships are the basic administrative unit of local governance and are the only type of administrative division that cover all of Myanmar. A township is administered by a township administrator, a civil servant appointed through the General Administration Department, General Administration Department (GAD) of the Ministry of Home Affairs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Immigration And Population
The Ministry of Immigration and Population (; abbreviated MIP) is an government agency of Myanmar which administers the immigration affairs, including its National Registration Card (NRC) system. History The Census Office was formed on 24 February 1950. On 1 September 1950, it was combined with Central Statistics and Economics Department under Ministry of National Planning. On 1 June 1957, the Ministry of Immigration and National Registration was formed and Census Office was moved to this ministry on 31 December 1958. On 15 March 1972, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Democracy Local Administration, Ministry of Immigration and National Registration and Ministry of Religious Affairs were combined as one ministry, Ministry of Home Affairs and Religious Affairs under the new form of socialist rule. Ministry of Immigration and National Registration became Department of Immigration and Population (DIP). On 20 March 1992, SLORC reconstituted Ministry of Home Affairs and Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christianity In Myanmar
Christianity in Myanmar has a history dating to the early 18th century. According to the 2014 census, Christianity is the country's second largest religion, practiced by 6.3% of the population, primarily among the Kachin, Chin and Kayin, and Eurasians because of missionary work in their respective areas. In 2023, almost 8% of the population is Christian; about two-thirds of the country's Christians are Protestants, in particular Baptists of the Myanmar Baptist Convention. One in six Christians are Roman Catholics. Christians have faced some hostility or even persecution since the 1920s. Christians have not moved to the higher echelons of power. A small number of foreign Christian missionary organisations have been permitted to enter the country to conduct religious conversion work, such as World Vision following Cyclone Nargis. A long-standing ban on the free entry of missionaries and religious materials has persisted since independence in 1948, which is seen as hostile to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chin State
Chin State (, ) is a state in western Myanmar. Chin State is bordered by Sagaing Division and Magway Division to the east, Rakhine State to the south, the Chattogram Division of Bangladesh to the west, and the Indian states of Mizoram to the west and Manipur to the north. The population of Chin State is about 488,801 according to the 2014 census, and its capital city is Hakha. The state is named after the Chin people, an ethnic group native to Chin State and neighboring Rakhine State. Much of the state is mountainous and sparsely populated, with few transportation links and low levels of economic development. It also has Myanmar's highest poverty rate, at 58%, according to a 2017 report. History Early history Situated in the remote hilly region of the Chin Hills, Chin State was traditionally autonomous and far from their neighboring powers like Burman kingdoms in the east and Indian states in the west to reach. Until the British advancement in the region, independent ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myanmar
Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. It is bordered by India and Bangladesh to its northwest, China to its northeast, Laos and Thailand to its east and southeast, and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to its south and southwest. The country's capital city is Naypyidaw, and its largest city is Yangon (formerly Rangoon). Early civilisations in the area included the Tibeto-Burman-speaking Pyu city-states in Upper Myanmar and the Mon kingdoms in Lower Myanmar. In the 9th century, the Bamar people entered the upper Irrawaddy River, Irrawaddy valley, and following the establishment of the Pagan Kingdom in the 1050s, the Burmese language and Culture of Myanmar, culture and Buddhism in Myanmar, Theravada Buddhism slowly became dominant in the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
