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Kachin State In Myanmar
Kachin or Kakhyen may refer to: Places *Kachin State, in northern Myanmar/Burma * Kachin Hills, northeastern Myanmar People * Kachin peoples, a generalised term for six non-Burman ethno-linguistic groups in Kachin State. **Kachin people, including the main sub-branch of the Kachin people, for whom the term Jingpo (used in Yunnan, China) and Kachin (used in Myanmar) are considered interchangeable, and the Singpho people, members of the ethnic group living in Yunnan and Arunachal Pradesh, India. * Jingphaw language, or Kachin language Species * ''Kachin'' (spider), an extinct genus; see List of Uloboridae species * Kachin red-backed vole, Species of rodent * Kachin woolly bat, Species of bat Other uses *A 'relaxed' variant of Lethwei martial arts *Kachin Independence Army The Kachin Independence Army (KIA; Kachin: ''Wunpawng Mungdan Shanglawt Hpyen Dap''; ) is a non-state armed group and the military wing of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), a political group ...
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Kachin State
Kachin State (; Jingpho language, Kachin: ) is the northernmost administrative divisions of Myanmar, state of Myanmar. It is bordered by China to the north and east (Tibet Autonomous Region, Tibet and Yunnan, respectively), Shan State to the south, and Sagaing Region and India (Arunachal Pradesh) to the west. It lies between north latitude 23° 27' and 28° 25' longitude 96° 0' and 98° 44'. The area of Kachin State is . The capital of the state is Myitkyina. Other important towns include Bhamo, Mohnyin and Putao Town, Kachin State, Putao. Kachin State has Myanmar's highest mountain, Hkakabo Razi at , forming the southern tip of the Himalayas, and a large inland lake, Indawgyi Lake. History Kingdom of Nanzhao The Nanzhao Kingdom controlled much of Upper Burma, including modern-day Kachin State. The kingdom also used the territory as a staging ground to invade the Pyu city-states in modern-day Sagaing Region, Sagaing. E.R. Leach claimed that the Chinese referred to the Jingpo ...
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Kachin Hills
The Kachin Hills are a heavily forested group of highlands in the extreme northeastern area of the Kachin State of Burma. They consist of a series of ranges running mostly in a N/S direction, including the Kumon Bum subrange of which the highest peak is Bumhpa Bum with an elevation of one of the ultra-prominent peaks of Southeast Asia. The Kachin Hills are inhabited by the Kachin people. Geography The country within the Kachin Hill tracts is roughly estimated at , and consists of a series of ranges, for the most part running north and south, and intersected by valleys, all leading towards the Irrawaddy River, which drains the whole country. British administration According to the Kachin Hill Tribes Regulation of 1895, administrative responsibility was accepted by the British government on the left bank of the Irrawaddy for the country south of the Nmaikha, and on the right bank for the country south of a line drawn from the confluence of the Malikha and Nmaikha through the nor ...
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Kachin Peoples
The Kachin peoples (, ; , ) are a collection of diverse ethnolinguistic groups inhabiting the Kachin Hills in northern Myanmar's Kachin State, as well as Yunnan Province in China, and the northeastern Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam. Approximately 1.5 million Kachin people live in this region. In contemporary usage, the Kachin peoples typically refer to a specific grouping of four to six ethnicities: the Jingpo, the Zaiwa, the Lashi/Lachik, the Lawngwaw/Maru, and to a lesser extent, the Rawang and the Lisu. Kachin identity is heterogenous and diverse, as it encompasses various ethnolinguistic groups who share overlapping territories, but do not all share coherent cultural practices and integrated social structures. Some definitions distinguish Kachin and Shan (Tai) peoples though some Kachin people have demonstrated the over-simplicity of the concept of lineage-based ethnic identity by culturally "becoming Shans". The most widely spoken Kachin language is Jingp ...
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Jingpo People
The Jingpo people (; ; ''siŋphou''), also spelt Jinghpaw or Jingphaw, are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group who inhabit northern Burma, northeastern India, and southwestern China. The Jingpo are the largest subgroup of the Kachin peoples. The Jingpo speak the Jingpo language, which is used as a lingua franca among the Kachin peoples and is distantly related to other Kachin languages. Ethnonyms Jingpo () is the Chinese exonym for the ethnic group. The endonym is Jinghpaw, which is also transcribed Jingphaw. In India, the Jingpo are known as the Singpho. Kachin is often used interchangeably with Jingpo, especially in Burmese, although the former more precisely refers to the collection of ethnic groups including the Jingpo. The Jingpo were previously known by various exonyms in Chinese: ''Echang'', ''Zhexie'', and ''Yeren'' (野人, )—the latter used in China from the Yuan dynasty until the formation of the People's Republic of China in 1949. The Burmese government officiall ...
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Jingpho Language
Jinghpaw (, , ) or Kachin (, ) is a Tibeto-Burman language of the Sal branch spoken primarily in Kachin State, Myanmar; Northeast India; and Yunnan, China. The Jinghpaw (or Kachin) peoples, a confederation of several ethnic groups who live in the Kachin Hills, are the primary speakers of Jinghpaw language, numbering approximately 625,000 speakers. The term "Kachin language" may refer to the Jinghpaw language or any of the other languages spoken by the Jinghpaw peoples, such as Lisu, Lashi, Rawang, Zaiwa, Lhawo Vo, and Achang. These languages are from distinct branches of the highest level of the Tibeto-Burman family. Jinghpaw is written using a modified Latin alphabet; a Burmese alphabet is used by some speakers, but it has largely been phased out. Jinghpaw syllable finals can consist of vowels, nasals, or oral stops. The Turung of Assam in India speak a Jingpo dialect with many Assamese loanwords, called '' Singpho'', which shares 50% lexical similarity with Jinghpaw. ...
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Kachin (spider)
Kachin or Kakhyen may refer to: Places *Kachin State, in northern Myanmar/Burma * Kachin Hills, northeastern Myanmar People *Kachin peoples, a generalised term for six non-Burman ethno-linguistic groups in Kachin State. **Jingpo people, Kachin people, including the main sub-branch of the Kachin people, for whom the term Jingpo (used in Yunnan, China) and Kachin (used in Myanmar) are considered interchangeable, and the Singpho people, members of the ethnic group living in Yunnan and Arunachal Pradesh, India. *Jingpho language, Jingphaw language, or Kachin language Species *Kachin (spider), ''Kachin'' (spider), an extinct genus; see List of Uloboridae species *Kachin red-backed vole, Species of rodent *Kachin woolly bat, Species of bat Other uses *A 'relaxed' variant of Lethwei martial arts *Kachin Independence Army, Insurgent outfit of Myanmar *Kachin conflict, Armed conflict in northern Myanmar *Kachin Independence Organisation, Political party in Myanmar See also

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List Of Uloboridae Species
This page lists all described species of the spider family Uloboridae accepted by the World Spider Catalog : A ''Ariston'' '' Ariston'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 * '' A. aglasices'' Salvatierra, Tourinho & Brescovit, 2014 — Mexico * '' A. albicans'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 (type) — Mexico to Panama * '' A. aristus'' Opell, 1979 — Panama * '' A. mazolus'' Opell, 1979 — Mexico * '' A. spartanus'' Salvatierra, Tourinho & Brescovit, 2014 — Brazil ''Astavakra'' '' Astavakra'' Lehtinen, 1967 * '' A. sexmucronata'' (Simon, 1893) (type) — Philippines B † ''Bicalamistrum'' † '' Bicalamistrum'' Wunderlich, 2015 † ''Burmasuccinus'' † '' Burmasuccinus'' Wunderlich, 2018 † ''Burmuloborus'' † '' Burmuloborus'' Wunderlich, 2008 C ''Conifaber'' '' Conifaber'' Opell, 1982 * '' C. guarani'' Grismado, 2004 — Paraguay, Argentina * '' C. manicoba'' Salvatierra, Brescovit & Tourinho, 2017 — Brazil * '' C. parvus'' Opell, 1982 (type) — Colombia * '' C. yasi'' ...
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Kachin Red-backed Vole
The Kachin red-backed vole (''Eothenomys cachinus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Kachin State in northern Burma 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 ha .... Although described as a species by Thomas in 1921, it was subsequently included as a subspecies of either '' E. melanogaster'' or '' E. miletus''. Comparisons of a 1941 sampling showed that ''E. cachinus'' was indeed a separate species. Adults of the species are large-bodied, with longer tails than any other member of the genus ''Eothenomys'' (between 43 and 61mm) and thick, soft and long fur, the upper parts being brown and the lower parts grey. Compared to ''E. miletus'' the skull is shorter and not as wide, with a significantly lower profile. References * Wilson & Reeder's Mammal ...
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Kachin Woolly Bat
The Kachin woolly bat (''Kerivoula kachinensis'') is a species of bat found in Southeast Asia. Taxonomy and etymology It was initially described as a new species in 2004. Its species name "''kachinensis''" is derived from Kachin State—the state in Myanmar where it was first documented. Description It is a relatively large member of its genus, with a forearm length of . Individuals weigh approximately . Its fur is grayish-brown. Its ears are large and hairless. The tragus is long and narrow, at . Its tail is long. Its skull has a flattened appearance. Its dental formula is for a total of 38 teeth. Biology and ecology It is nocturnal, roosting during the day and foraging at night. The state of its flattened skull led some researchers to hypothesize that during the day it roosts in small, constricted spaces. Range and habitat It was first documented in Myanmar in 2004, but its range was quickly expanded to Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Thailand after documentation in 2006 ...
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Lethwei
Lethwei (; International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA: ) or Burmese boxing is a Full contact fighting, full contact combat sport originating from Myanmar and is considered as one of the most brutal martial arts in the world.} * * * * * * Lethwei fighters use stand-up striking techniques such as kicks, knees, elbows and punches, and the use of headbutts is also permitted. Fighters compete bareknuckle, wrapping their hands with only tape and gauze. Disallowed in most combat sports, headbutts are important weapons in a Lethwei fighter's arsenal, giving Lethwei its name of the "Art of nine limbs". In traditional rules, each corner is allowed one two-minute timeout per fight to revive a KO’d fighter. This, combined with its bareknuckle nature, gave Lethwei a reputation for being one of the bloodiest and most violent martial arts. Although popular throughout Myanmar, Lethwei has been primarily and historically associated with the Karen people of the Kayin State; the vast majority of ...
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Kachin Independence Army
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA; Kachin: ''Wunpawng Mungdan Shanglawt Hpyen Dap''; ) is a non-state armed group and the military wing of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), a political group of ethnic Kachins in Northern Myanmar (formerly Burma). The Kachins are a coalition of six tribes whose homeland encompasses territory in China's Yunnan, Northeast India and Kachin State in Myanmar. The Kachin Independence Army is funded by the KIO, which raises money through regional taxes and trade in jade, timber and gold. It is armed with a combination of AK-47s, locally-made rifles (such as KA) and some artillery. Kachin Independence Army headquarters are in Laiza, in southern Kachin State near the Chinese border. In 2009, Thomas Fuller of ''the New York Times'' estimated the number of active KIA soldiers at about 4,000. They are divided into five brigades and one mobile brigade. Most are stationed in bases near the Chinese border, in KIO-held strips of territory. In O ...
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