Paletwa (, ) is one of the westernmost towns of
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 C. Wells, Joh ...
, in
Chin State 18 kilometres from the
border with
Bangladesh. Its population in 2014 was about 97,000.
Demographics
Rakhine is the Lingua Franca of the region, while
Kuki-Chin languages
The Kuki-Chin languages (also called Kuki-Chin-Mizo, Kukish or South-Central Tibeto-Burman languages) are a branch of 50 or so Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in northeastern India, western Myanmar and southeastern Bangladesh. Most speakers of the ...
are spoken mostly in the hills.
The west of the town hosts many refugees that have fled from Rakhine state. The literacy rate is 65% (2017).
Neighboring villages such as Kan Lay (ကန်းလေ) can be reached only by foot in about an hour.
Connectivity
Paletwa is connected to the
Rakhine state only by boat. It leaves
Kyauktaw every morning and reaches Paletwa in the afternoon, running up the
Kaladan River.
The road to
Matupi is reported to be on the brink of completion
Paletwa is part of an ongoing infrastructure project
Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project
The Kaladan Road Project is a US$484 million project connecting the eastern Indian seaport of Kolkata with Sittwe seaport in Rakhine State, Myanmar by sea. In Myanmar, it will then link Sittwe seaport to Paletwa in Chin State via the Kaladan riv ...
that will connect it to the Indian state of Mizoram.
Tourism
Despite its serene natural surroundings, tourism is under developed. The town has one hotel, but due to the restrictions on foreigners and accessibility problems for domestic tourists, tourism is almost non existent.
References
External links
Satellite map at Maplandia.com
Township capitals of Myanmar
Populated places in Chin State
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