Paletwa Township ( my, ပလက်ဝမြို့နယ်) is a

township 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, Ca ...

of Matupi District in 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 Manipur t ...

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. It consists of

Paletwa Paletwa (, ) is one of the westernmost towns of Myanmar, 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 a ...

and

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towns and Paletwa is the administrative center for the township. Also known as Arakan Hill Tract part of Arakan Division of British Burma.

Geography

Paletwa Township is located in southernmost part of Chin State. Its area is ."Paletwa Township Profile"
Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU), May 2017 (in Burmese)

Borders

Paletwa Township borders on: *

Kanpetlet Township Kanpetlet Township ( my, ကန်ပက်လက်မြို့နယ်) is a township of Mindat District in the Chin State of Myanmar. Its principal town is Kanpetlet Kanpetlet (, ) is a town in the Chin State of West Myanmar and the hom ...

and

Mindat Township Mindat Township ( my, မင်းတပ်မြို့နယ်) is a township located in Mindat District in the Chin State of Myanmar. The township is located between latitude 21.19 and 21.47, longitude 93.23 and 94.29. The third highest pe ...

to the east; *

Matupi Township Matupi Township ( my, မတူပီမြို့နယ်; also Madupi Township) is a township of Matupi District in the Chin State of Burma (Myanmar).

to the northeast; *

Kyauktaw Township Kyauktaw Township ( my, ကျောက်တော်မြို့နယ်) is a Townships of Myanmar, township of Mrauk-U District in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. The principal town is Kyauktaw. Townships of Rakhine State {{Rakhine-geo ...

Minbya Township Minbya Township ( my, မင်းပြားမြို့နယ်) is a township of Mrauk-U District in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. The principal town is Minbya Minbya (Mongbra) ( my, မင်းပြားမြို့, ) is a town in ...

and

Mrauk-U Township Mrauk-U Township ( my, မြောက်ဦးမြို့နယ်) is a township of Mrauk-U District in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. The principal town is Mrauk-U Mrauk U ( ) is a town in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar. It is the capit ...

Rakhine State Rakhine State (; , , ; formerly known as Arakan State) is a Administrative divisions of Myanmar, state in Myanmar (Burma). Situated on the western coast, it is bordered by Chin State to the north, Magway Region, Bago Region and Ayeyarwady R ...

to the south; *

Buthidaung Township Buthidaung Township ( my, ဘူးသီးတောင်မြို့နယ် ) is a township of Maungdaw District in the Rakhine State of Myanmar (Burma). The principal town and administrative seat is Buthidaung Buthidaung (, ) is a town i ...

of Rakhine State, and

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

to the west; and *

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.

References

Townships of Chin State {{Chin-geo-stub