Chin Hills
Chin Hills | |
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Highest point | |
Peak | Nat Ma Taung |
Elevation | 3,053 m (10,016 ft) |
Coordinates | 22°30′N93°30′E/ 22.500°N 93.500°E |
Geography | |
Location | Chin State,Burma |
Parent range | Patkai Range |
TheChin Hills[1]are a range of mountains inChin State,northwesternBurma (Myanmar),that extends northward intoIndia'sManipurstate.[2]
Geography
[edit]The highest peak in the Chin Hills isKhonu Msung,or Mount Victoria, in southern Chin State, which reaches 3,053 metres (10,016 ft). TheChin Hills–Arakan Yoma montane forestsecoregionhas diverse forests withpine,camelliaandteak.Falamis the largest town in the Chin Hills, lying at their southern edge.
The Chin Hills are the eastern part of thePatkai Range,which includes theLushai Hillsand runs throughNagalandin India, as well as part of Burma. The Lushai Hills are frequently discussed with the Chin Hills as the topography, people's culture and history are similar. The southern prolongation of the Chin Hills is theArakan Range (Arakan Yoma),stretching as well from north to south.
History
[edit]Historically the area of the range has been populated by theChin peoplewho like their neighbours to the west are aLaimi people.In addition tosubsistence agriculturethe Chin raided the villages of the Burman on the plains of theMyitthaandChindwinrivers, as well as each other.[3]In 1888, the British began a military campaign to end these raids which resulted in pacification of the province by 1896,[3]and it was administratively added to Burma as a special division.
In theSecond World Warthe hills formed a point of armed conflict between Japanese forces and a combined British and Indian force.[4]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^"Chin Hills (Approved)"Chin HillsatGEOnet Names Server,United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^"1:250,000 topographic map, Series U502, Imphal, India, NG 46-15"U.S. Army Map Service, April 1960;"1:250,000 topographic map, Series U542, Mawlaik, Burma; India, NF 46-3"U.S. Army Map Service, March 1960; and"1:250,000 topographic map, Series U542, Gangaw, Burma, NF 46-7"U.S. Army Map Service, April 1958
- ^abIreland, Alleyne (1907)The province of Burma: a report prepared on behalf of the University of ChicagoHoughton-Mifflin, Boston, Massachusetts,volume 2, page 790,OCLC1889867
- ^"Archived copy"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 4 August 2016.Retrieved10 June2016.
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External links
[edit]- Burma - Geography
- Google Books,The Physical Geography of Southeast Asia
- Encyclopædia Britannica.Vol. 6 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 233. .