Hkamti District Explained

Khamti District
Native Name:	ခန္တီးခရိုင်
Settlement Type:	District
Pushpin Map:	Burma
Pushpin Label Position:	bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Burma
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Burma
Subdivision Type1:	Region
Subdivision Name1:	Sagaing Region
Subdivision Type2:	No. of Townships
Subdivision Name2:	3
Seat Type:	Capital
Seat:	Singkaling Hkamti
Timezone:	MST
Utc Offset:	+6.30
Coordinates:	26°N 136°W

Hkamti District or Khamti District (sometimes Naga Hills District^[1]) is a district in northern Sagaing Division of Burma (Myanmar). Its administrative center is the town of Singkaling Hkamti.

Townships

The district consists of the two townships:

• Hkamti Township, and
• Homalin Township

Prior to 2010,^[2] it additionally controlled Lahe, Lay Shi (Lashe), and Nanyun townships, which were transferred under the 2008 Constitution^[3]

Notes and References

1. http://www.geonames.org/maps/google_26.25_95.5.html "Naga Hills District"
2. News: တိုင်းခုနစ်တိုင်းကို တိုင်းဒေသကြီးများအဖြစ် လည်းကောင်း၊ ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရ တိုင်းနှင့် ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရ ဒေသများ ရုံးစိုက်ရာ မြို့များကို လည်းကောင်း ပြည်ထောင်စုနယ်မြေတွင် ခရိုင်နှင့်မြို့နယ်များကို လည်းကောင်း သတ်မှတ်ကြေညာ . . 2010-08-20 . 2010-08-23 . my.
3. http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs6/MIMU001_A3_SD%20&%20Township%20Overview.pdf "Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map"
4. http://www.palagems.com/gem_news_archive2.htm "2001 Gem News Archive: Oct. 29, 2001: New Burma Jade Mine"
5. Hughes, Richard W. (2000) "Burmese Jade: The Inscrutable Gem, Part I: Burma's Jade Mines" Pala International
6. (in Burmese) Constitution PDF to the Naga Self-Administered Zone. The revised smaller district still has a significant minority Naga population.

   Borders

   Hkamti District is bordered^[3] by:

   • India to the west
   • Naga Self-Administered Zone to the west and north,
   • Myitkyina District and Mohnyin District of Kachin State to the east.
   • Katha District to the southeast, and
   • Mawlaik District and Tamu District to the south,

   Economy

   Most people in Hkamti District practice subsistence farming. There is also a jade mine,^[4] although most of the jade mining is nearby in Mohnyin District.^[5]

   Demographics

   The district is inhabited by the Khamti, Duleng (Kachin) and Nung Rawang people.

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