Thantlang Township () is one of the nine

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s in

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 ...

Thantlang Thantlang (, ; also Thlantlang or Htantlang in Burmese transliteration) is a town and the administrative center of Thantlang Township in Chin State, western Myanmar (formerly Burma). Names Thantlang was formerly known as Thlan Tlang ("Cemeter ...

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 Lautu, Zophei, Senthang, Lai and Lochei and Sizo. The western border of the township that separates it from India is formed by the

Tiau River Tyao River (or Tiau River, Tio River) is a long river that flows between the Mizoram state in India and the Chin State in Myanmar, forming part of the international boundary between the two countries. It rises near Khuangphah village of Champh ...

from the north, and the

Kaladan River The Kaladan (, ) or Kissapanadi River (, ), also known as the Beino, Bawinu and Kolodyne, is a river in the eastern Mizoram, Mizoram State of India, and in Chin State and Rakhine State of western Myanmar. The Kaladan River is called the Chhimtuip ...

(known locally as the Boinu/Beino/Chhimtuipui River) from the south which flow together at .

History

"Thlantlang" means cemetery mountain. Prior to 1995, there were many old cemeteries on the south side of the mountain above the main town, where subsequently the Burmese military build a camp and a pagoda. Briefly, in the early 2000s, a small piece of northeastern Thantlang Township, namely the village tracts of: Lungding, Tikhuangtum, Tlangkhua, Tlangpi, Tlangte, northern Vanzang (Farrawn), and Zangtlang, was transferred to

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 ...

. However, in 2008, in the reorganization of Chin State townships, these village tracts were restored.

Borders

Thantlang Township borders on:"Htantlang Township Profile"
Myanmar Information Management Unit, September 2009, population figures State General Administration Department, October 2008 *

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 and north; *

to the northeast; *

Matupi Township Matupi Township (; also batupui Township) is a township of Matupi District in the Chin State of Burma (Myanmar).Hakha Township Hakha Township () is a township of Hakha District in the Chin State of Burma. It surrounds the city of Hakha, the state capital. It became part of Falam District until Hakha District was formed by the first Chin State Hluttaw emergency meeting N ...

to the east

Communities

Thantlang is the major town in the township, with four smaller towns (larger villages) Leitak, Lungler (Lonle in Burmese transliteration),

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 South ...

(main town of

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 thei ...

people) and Ngaphepi (biggest village of the HawThai tribe). Lungler and Leitak have 16-bed hospitals (clinics)."Health Facilities Map"
, Myanmar Information Management Unit, May 2009 There are 37 village tracts and 76 villages in Thantlang Township.

Notes

External links

"Htantlang Township, Chin State"
map, Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU), 6 August 2009 * Township 57 o
"Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map"
Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU), December 2007
"Thlangtlang Google Satellite Map"
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