Tanai District
Tanai Township
Tanai District တနိုင်းမြို့နယ် တနိုင်းခရိုင် | |
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Hukawng River in Tanai Township | |
Location in Kachin State | |
| Country | Myanmar |
| State | Kachin State |
| District | Tanai District |
| Capital | Tanai |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,772.92 sq mi (12,361.8 km2) |
| Elevation | 608 ft (185 m) |
| Population (2019)[1] | 39,229 |
| Time zone | UTC+6:30 (MMT) |
Tanai Township (Burmese: တနိုင်းမြို့နယ်) is the only township in Tanai District (Burmese: တနိုင်းခရိုင် in northwestern Kachin State, northern Myanmar. The principal town is Tanai.[1] On 30 April 2022, the Ministry of Home Affairs designated Tanai Township into a new district consisting of only itself.[2][3]
The Shadu Zup militia operates gold mines in the township. In July 2022, they attacked a Kachin Independence Army base near the Ka Nwe Thu mine in Tanai Township during the outbreak of civil war in Myanmar since 2021.[4]
Near the town of Tanai are Burmese amber sites of paleontological interest including the recently uncovered Inzutzut, Angbamo, and Xipiugong sites.[5]
References
- ^ a b Myanmar Information Management Unit (September 2019). Tanai Myone Daethasaingyarachatlatmya တနိုင်းမြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ [Tanai Township Regional Information] (PDF) (Report). MIMU. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ "Expansion and Amendment of districts in Bago Region". 30 April 2022.
- ^ "Expansion of new districts in Nay Pyi Taw, regions and states". 2 May 2022.
- ^ Nyein Swe (20 July 2022). "Junta forces launch fatal attack on KIA base in Tanai". Myanmar NOW.
- ^ Xing, Lida; Qiu, Liang (November 2020). "Zircon U Pb age constraints on the mid-Cretaceous Hkamti amber biota in northern Myanmar". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 558: 109960. Bibcode:2020PPP...55809960X. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109960. S2CID 224899464.
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