Falam District () is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

of the

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 th ...

in Myanmar (Burma). As of 2022, it consists of only one

township A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...

and 445 villages. The major towns include: Fort White, and Falam.

Borders

Falam District borders: * Tedim District to the north; *

Mizoram State Mizoram is a state in northeastern India, with Aizawl as its capital and largest city. It shares 722-kilometres (449 miles) of international borders with Bangladesh to the west, and Myanmar to the east and south, with domestic borders with the ...

of India to the west; * Hakha District to the south; * Kale District (Kalemyo District) of

Sagaing Division 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 ...

to the east.

Townships

The district contained the following townships in the past: *

Falam Township Falam Township () is the only township of Falam District in the Chin State of Myanmar. Its administrative seat is the town of Falam. The population, as of 2014, is 41,457 (male:20,350; female: 21,107). Out of this population, 9,092 live in Falam ...

** Rikhawdar Sub-township * Tedim Township * Tonzang Township After the formation of Hakha District by the first Chin State Hluttaw emergency meeting No. 2/2012 on 1 June, only Falam,

Tedim Tedim (, , (Tedim language, Zo: ''Tedim Khuapi'', pronounced ; is a town and the administrative seat of Tedim Township in Chin State, Myanmar. It is the second largest town in Chin State, after Hakha (the capital city of Chin State). The town's f ...

and Tonzang townships remain in Falam District.http://www.mrtv3.net.mm/newpaper/46newsn.pdf Page 16 Col 1 On May 1, 2022, Tedim District was formed with

and Tonzang townships. Now only Falam Township remain in Falam District.

Notes

External links

"Tedim District, Burma"
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