Falam District ( my, ဖလမ်းခရိုင်) 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, municipa ...

of the

Chin State 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 Ma ...

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

. It consists of 3

townships A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...

and 445 villages. The major towns include: Chikha (Gyikhar), Tonzang (Htonzan),

Tiddim Tedim (, , ( Zo: ''Tedim Khawpi'', pronounced ; is a town in and the administrative seat of Tedim Township, Chin State, in the north-western part of Burma. It is the second largest town in Chin State. The town's four major boroughs (''vengte'') ...

, Fort White, and

Falam Falam (, ) is a town in north-western Burma (Myanmar) near Burma's western border with the Indian state of Mizoram. The town was founded by Taisun tribe. The British arrived to Falam in 1892, and became an important base for British rule of the ...

Borders

Falam District borders: * Manipur State of

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

to the north; * Mizoram State of India to the west; *

Mindat District Mindat District ( my, မင်းတပ်ခရိုင်, links=Mindat, Mindat=Mindat) is a district in the Chin State of Myanmar. It consists of two townships and 840 villages. History In 1948, after the formation of the constitution f ...

to the south; and * Gangaw District of

Magway Division Magway Region ( my, မကွေးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Magway Division) is an administrative division in central Myanmar. It is the second largest of Myanmar's seven divisions, with an area of . Pa Del Dam (ပဒ� ...

, Kale District (Kalemyo District) of

Sagaing Division Sagaing Region ( my, စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Sagaing Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar, located in the north-western part of the country between latitude 21° 30' north and lo ...

, and

Mawlaik District Mawlaik District (formerly Upper Chindwin District) is a district in central Sagaing Division of Burma (Myanmar). Its administrative center is the town of Mawlaik. Townships Mawlaik district consists of 2 townships. * Mawlaik Township * Paun ...

Townships

The district contains the following townships in the past: * Falam Township *

Tedim Township Tedim or Tiddim Township ( my, တီးတိန်မြို့နယ်) is a township in Tedim District of the Chin State of Myanmar (Burma). The administrative centre for the township is the town of Tedim Tedim (, , ( Zo: ''Tedim Khawpi' ...

Tonzang Township Ton Zang Township ( my, တွန်းဇံမြို့နယ်) is a township of Tedim District in the Chin State of Myanmar.Township 6"Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map"map ID: MIMU001, created: December 2007, Myanmar Info ...

After the formation of

Hakha District Hakha District is the third district of the Chin State, Union of Myanmar. It was formed in the first Chin State Hluttaw emergency meeting No. 2/2012 on 1 June 2012.http://www.mrtv3.net.mm/newpaper/46newsn.pdf Page 16 Col 1 It consists of *Hakha T ...

by the first Chin State Hluttaw emergency meeting No. 2/2012 on 1 June, only Falam, Tiddim (Tedim) and Tunzan (Tonzang) townships remain in Falam District.http://www.mrtv3.net.mm/newpaper/46newsn.pdf Page 16 Col 1

Notes

External links

"Tedim District, Burma"
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