Tamu is a town in the Kabaw Valley in the

Sagaing Region Sagaing Region (, ; formerly Sagaing Division) is an administrative divisions of Myanmar, administrative region of Myanmar, located in the north-western part of the country between latitude 21° 30' north and longitude 94° 97' east. It is border ...

in north-west

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near the

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with the eastern Indian state of

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. It is a principal town of the Kabaw Valley and the seat of administration for the

Tamu Township Tamu Township is a Kuki township in Tamu District in the Sagaing Division of Burma.

. Opposite the Indian town of Moreh, it is home to an official

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posts with India, which opened on 12 April 2005. In 2022, total trade volume at the border post stood at .

Transport

Tamu is something of a transport hub for cross-border traffic to

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, being just across the border from Moreh. It is on the alignment of a proposed railway connecting the two countries. Tamu is an important commercial town serving the Indian border town of Moreh. It is also a hub for smuggled goods from

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and

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which are transported to India. The town is mainly populated by the Burmese,

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ethnic people, and many others from throughout the country.

Highway to Thailand

India's foreign minister met with Myanmar's construction minister in Delhi on 22 February 2012, and spoke about opening a highway between Moreh, in India, and the Myanmar-Thai border near

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Climate

References

External links

"Tamu Map — Satellite Images of Tamu"
Maplandia *http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-others/tp-states/border-woes/article2099469.ece *http://e-pao.net/epPageExtractor.asp?src=features.Indo-Myanmar_relationship_on_bilateral_and_economic_cooperation.html.. *http://www.akshardhool.com/2012/12/a-precursor-of-things-to-come.html *http://www2.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=21159 *http://www.forbes.com/sites/morganhartley/2013/03/26/burmas-second-chance-for-trade-with-india/ *http://www.irrawaddy.org/india/burma-indo-border-market-threatened-by-indian-insurgents.html Township capitals of Myanmar Populated places in Sagaing Region India–Myanmar border crossings {{Tamu-geo-stub