Kholam Explained

Kho Lam
Other Name:ခိုလမ်မြို့
Native Name:ဝဵင်းၶူဝ်လမ်
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Myanmar
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Myanmar
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Myanmar
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Namsang District
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Nansang Township
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Sq Mi:1.61
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:12246
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:MMT
Utc Offset:+6.30
Coordinates:21.1012°N 98.1079°W
Elevation Footnotes:[2]
Elevation M:992

Kholam (Burmese: ခိုလမ်, Shan: ၶူဝ်လမ်) is a town in Nansang Township in south-central Shan State, Myanmar. It is divided into 6 urban wards and had a population of 12,246 people in 2019. The town is located 30 miles northeast of the township capital of Nansang along National Highway 4.[1] Kholam is the principal town of Kholam subtownship, a statistical subdivision of Nansang Township. According to the 2015 census, the subtownship 24,659 people.[3]

Economy

The town is home to the Eastern Central Command Regional Military Command headquarters [4] The Myanmar Army and local farmers within the town have had land disputes that have been described as continuous seizures of land for the purpose of expanding the military command.[5]

The town has a natural spring called the Kholam Blue Pond (Burmese: ခိုလမ် ရေပြာအိုင်), located between Kholam and Nansang. Over the last decade, it has been developed into a tourist destinations, mostly attracting locals from the surrounding area. The Ministry of Hotels and Tourism laid out plans in 2024 to develop tourism to other nearby attractions like Haingpaw Falls and for Kholam to serve as a central city for travelers going between Taunggyi and Kengtung.[6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Myanmar Information Management Unit . September 2019 . Nansan Myone Daethasaingyarachatlatmya. my:နမ့်စန်မြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ. Nansang Township Regional Information . MIMU . August 6, 2024.
  2. [GoogleEarth]
  3. ခိုလမ်မြို့နယ်ခွဲ အစီရင်ခံစာ . Particulars of Kholam Subtownship . 2014 Myanmar Housing and Population Census . May 2017 . my .
  4. News: MEETING WITH TATMADAWMEN: SENIOR GENERAL HELD MEETINGS AT MONG PING AND KHO LAM . 18 February 2022 . en.
  5. Web site: BURMA ARMY UNJUSTLY SUES 47 FARMERS FOR TRESPASSING ON LANDS SEIZED NEAR EASTERN CENTRAL COMMAND BASE IN KHO LAM, NAMZARNG TOWNSHIP . 22 July 2020 . en . Shan Human Rights Foundation.
  6. News: ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်(တောင်ပိုင်း) ခိုလမ်မြို့ရဲ့ လည်ပတ်စရာနေရာတစ်ခုဖြစ်လာတဲ့ ခိုလမ်ရေပြာအိုင် . Shan State (south) Kholam town's Kholam Blue Pond becoming a tourist attraction . 13 May 2024 . Myanmar Digital News . my.