Khampat Explained

Khampat
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Myanmar
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Sagaing Region, Burma
Coordinates:23.7823°N 94.1442°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Myanmar
Subdivision Type1:Division
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Tamu
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Tamu
Seat Type:Panchayat
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:33.33
Elevation Ft:653
Population As Of:2018
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population:20500
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:MMT
Utc Offset1:+6:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Blank Name Sec1:2014 census code
Subdivision Name4: People's Defense Force
Subdivision Type4:Control

Khampat (ခမ်းပါတ်မြို့) is a town in the Kabaw Valley in the Sagaing Region in western Myanmar. It is at the location where the Namsaweng River flows down from the hills and enters the Kabaw Valley. It is the site of a historical principality, which often changed hands between Manipur (now in India) and the Burmese kingdoms to the east.

The town is the principal town of Khampat Subtownship, an unofficial subidvision of Tamu Township used for administrative and statistical purposes. In 2014, the town had 14,559 inhabitants while the surrounding subtownship had 24,169 people.[2]

History

Historical reports indicate that the Kale-Kabaw valley used to have three principalities based at Thaungdut (also known as Sumjok),Khampat, and Kale.Thaungdut/Sumjok and Khampat were jointly invaded by King Kiyamba of Manipur and the king of Pong in 1467 CE, and divided among themselves. Khampat was at the time under the control of "Kyangs" (Chins, called Kukis in India). Khampat appears to have been Manipur's share in the division, and references to it can be found in the Manipur court chronicle Cheitharol Kumbaba.

During the course of history, the Kabaw Valley came under the control of Burma, which was confirmed by the British Raj after the First Anglo-Burmese War. Also in course of history, Tamu to the north of Khampat grew to be a centre of Indo-Burmese trade and a larger town, overshadowing Khampat.

Khampat is currently a sub-township within the Tamu Township.

On 7 November 2023 it was reported that the town had come fully under control of the People’s Defense Forces (PDF) during the ongoing civil war.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Myanmar Information Management Unit . 2019 . Tamu Myone Daethasaingyarachatlatmya. my:တမူးမြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ. Tamu Township Regional Information . my.
  2. The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census: Sagaing Region, Tamu District, Khampat Sub-Township Report . Department of Population, Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population, Government of Myanmar . 2017.
  3. Web site: ဧရာဝတီ . 2023-11-07 . ကလေး- တမူးလမ်းပေါ်ရှိ ခါမ်းပါတ်မြို့ကို PDF သိမ်း . 2023-11-07 . ဧရာဝတီ . en-US. https://archive.today/20231107165647/https://burma.irrawaddy.com/news/2023/11/07/376153.html. November 7, 2023.