Place:Chin, Myanmar

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NameChin
Alt namesBM02source: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1998-2000) accessed 03/31/99
Chinsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Chin Hills Special Divisionsource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Chin Special Divisionsource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998); Times Atlas of World History (1989) p 340
TypeState
Located inMyanmar
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Badupi
Falam
Hakha
Kaletwa
Kanpetlet
Kansau
Klangpi
Kyindwe
Paletwa
Shurkhua
Tiddim
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Chin State is a state in western Myanmar. The Chin State is bordered by Sagaing Division and Magway Division to the east, Rakhine State to the south, Bangladesh to the south-west, and the Indian states of Mizoram to the west and Manipur to the north. The population of Chin state is about 478,801 in 2014 census. The capital of the state is Hakha. The state is a mountainous region with few transportation links. Chin State is sparsely populated and remains one of the least developed areas of the country. Chin State has the highest poverty rate of 73% as per the released figures from the first official survey. The official radio broadcasting dialect of Chin is Falam. There are 53 different subtribes and languages in Chin State. There are nine townships in Chin State: Hakha, Thantlang, Falam, Tedim, Tonzang, Matupi, Mindat, Kanpetlet and Paletwa townships. In 1896, Mindat and Kanpetlet were placed under Pakokku Hill Tracts District of British Burma later emerged into Chin hills. Only Paletwa Township became a part of Arakan Hill Tracts District of British Burma.

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