Hkamti District or Khamti District (sometimes Naga Hills District) is a district in northern

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 ...

Burma (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 ...

. Its administrative center is the town of

Singkaling Hkamti Khamti, Hkamti, Singkawng, Kanti

Townships

The district consists of the two townships: *

Hkamti Township Hkamti Township or Khamti Township ( my, ခန္တီးမြို့နယ်) is a township in Hkamti District in the Sagaing Region of Burma (Myanmar).

, and *

Homalin Township Homalin Township ( my, ဟုမ္မလင်း မြို့နယ် ) is a township in Hkamti District in the Sagaing Region of Burma. The principal town is Homalin.

Prior to 2010, it additionally controlled Lahe, Lay Shi (Lashe), and

Nanyun Nanyun (, , also spelt Namyun) is a town in the Sagaing Division in Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some Britis ...

townships, which were transferred under the 2008 Constitution (in Burmese
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to the

Naga Naga or NAGA may refer to: Mythology * Nāga, a serpentine deity or race in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain traditions * Naga Kingdom, in the epic ''Mahabharata'' * Phaya Naga, mythical creatures believed to live in the Laotian stretch of the Mekong Riv ...

population.

Borders

Hkamti District is bordered"Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map"
Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU) by: * India to the west * Naga Self-Administered Zone to the west and north, * Myitkyina District and Mohnyin District of Kachin State to the east. * Katha District to the southeast, 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 ...

and

Tamu District Tamu District or Tuimu District is an administrative district in Sagaing Division, Burma (Myanmar).

to the south,

Economy

Most people in Hkamti District practice subsistence farming. There is also a jade mine, although most of the jade mining is nearby in Mohnyin District.Hughes, Richard W. (2000
"Burmese Jade: The Inscrutable Gem, Part I: Burma's Jade Mines"
Pala International

Demographics

The district is inhabited by the Khamti, Duleng (Kachin) and

Nung Rawang The Rawang people are an ethnic group who inhabit far northern Kachin State of Burma (Myanmar). They speak the Rawang language. There are one D'rung family and several Anung families found among Lisu tribe people in Arunachal Pradesh in India. How ...

people.

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External links

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