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9 unusual facts about Kachin State


93rd Burma Infantry

From 1891 to 1893, the regiment operated in the Kachin State in northern Burma, quelling various outbreaks of rebellion.

Glandular horned toad

Glandular horned toad or Jingdong spadefoot toad (Xenophrys glandulosa) is a species of amphibian in the Megophryidae family found in Yunnan in China, in Nagaland in northeastern India, and in northern Kachin State, Myanmar.

Kum Ga

Kum Ga (also Matao) is a settlement in Kachin State, Burma.

Laiza

It became an important town in Kachin State after Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) made a cease-fire agreement with the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) and moved its capital here from Pajau.

Laja Yang

Laja Yang is a village about 20 kilometre from Laiza on the way from Myitkyina to Bhamo in Kachin State, Myanmar.

Lakyawn, Chipw

Lakyawn (also, Lākyawn) is a village in Chipw Township, Kachin State, Burma.

Mystery of Snow

In Kachin State, a boy searches for his missing father, who fell down a glacial ravine whilst on the search for a rare Burmese butterfly.

Ptyctolaemus gularis

The green fan-throated lizard Ptyctolaemus gularis is a species of agamid lizard found in North East India (Assam, Khasi Hills, Arunachal Pradesh) China (Tibet), Myanmar (Kachin, China)

Tahaundam

Tahaundam is the northernmost village inhabited year round by ethnic Tibetans of northern Kachin State, in extreme northern Myanmar (formerly Burma).


Fort Hertz

Fort Hertz was a remote British Military outpost in northeastern Burma in the district of Putao in what is now the Kachin State near the present town of Putao.


see also

Jingpo people

Other neighbouring residents of Kachin State include the Shans (Thai/Lao related), the Lisus, the Rawangs, the Nagas, and the Burmans, the latter forming the largest ethnic group in Burma, also called Bamar.

Kachin conflict

On February 4, Burmese government and the Kachin Independence Army met in Ruili, China and agreed to reduce military tension in Kachin State and hold further peace talks later in February.

Winwa

Winwa, Shwegu, a village in Shwegu Township, Bhamo District, in the Kachin State of north-eastern Burma