Falam Township () is the only

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of Falam District in 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 ...

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 ...

. 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 town (urban population) and 32,365 live in rural areas. Falam Township is mountainous, running east–west from the foothills above the Neyinzaya and Myittha rivers to the high peaks of the Chin Hills in the Arakan Mountain Range and down to the border with

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, India. The highest peak in the township, Mount Zinghmuh is also the second highest mountain peak in Chin State. The Manipur (Manipuya) River runs south through the center of the township. People who travel to the city take the

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Hakha Hakha (, ; formerly rendered Haka) is the capital of Chin State in Myanmar. Hakha is located in the northeast of Chin State, with a total area of about . The city of Hakha is located on a plateau at more than above sea level. Although relative ...

Road. The township is famous for its heart-shaped lake called Hri (Rih or Yi). The township is also the location of Laiva Dam, the largest dam in Chin State. The dam produces

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for Falam and neighboring cities such as Hakha and Thantlang (Thlangtlang). Bridges include the Manipura river-crossing suspension bridge, 320 feet long by 5 feet wide, linking Bazan Village and Kawdah Village, and the Lonnlwe creek-crossing suspension bridge, 130 feet long by four feet wide, linking Kawdah Village and Kwabwe Village in the township.

History

In the reorganization of Chin State townships in 2008, Falam Township lost its northernmost village tracts in the east to Tiddim Township, and a few of its recently gained southwesternmost village tracts were returned to

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 ...

, but it gained a much longer border with India by the transfer of Tiddim Township's southwestern village tracts to Fallam Township.New borders and village tracts are displayed on th
"Falam Township, Chin State"
map, Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU), 6 August 2009, last accessed 28 November 2010 In 2022, it became the only township left in Falam District after the formation of the Tedim District.

Communities

The town of Rihkhawdar (Reehkawdar) is the northernmost town in the township. The township has 87 village tracts and 178 villages."Falam_Township_Profile"
Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU), September 2009, population figures State General Administration Department, October 2008

Notes

External links

"Falam Township, Chin State"
map, Myanmar Information Management Unit
"Falam Google Satellite"
Maplandia World Gazetteer {{Chin State Townships of Chin State