Htantlang Township


Thantlang Township is one of the nine townships in Chin State. Thantlang is the administrative town of inclusive nine circles attributed to the geographical and dialectical arrangements of the area. They are Khualhring Tlang,Vanzang Tlang, Zahnak Tlang, Bual Tlang, Lautu Tlang, Mara Tlang, Vailam Tlang, Zophei Tlang and Bawipa Tlang.Only four circles speak Lai dialect. Zophei, Lautu, HawThai speak their tribal language. Other four circles and in Thantlang town speak lai dilect. In Thantlang township lai dialect is the common use dialect. Lai dialect is also speaks at Hakha township and Falam township.
A variety of languages and different accents are spoken in Thantlang township, including Lautu, Zophei, Senthang, Lai and Lochei and Sizo. The western border of the township that separates it from India is formed by the Tiau River from the north, and the Kaladan River from the south which flow together at.

History

"Thlantlang" means cemetery mountain. Prior to 1995, there were many old cemeteries on the south side of the mountain above the main town, where subsequently the Burmese military build a camp and a pagoda. Briefly, in the early 2000s, a small piece of northeastern Thantlang Township, namely the village tracts of: Lungding, Tikhuangtum, Tlangkhua, Tlangpi, Tlangte, northern Vanzang, and Zangtlang, was transferred to Falam Township. However, in 2008, in the reorganization of Chin State townships, these village tracts were restored.

Borders

Thantlang Township borders on:
Thantlang is the major town in the township, with four smaller towns Leitak, Lungler, Hnaring and Ngaphepi. Lungler and Leitak have 16-bed hospitals. There are 37 village tracts and 76 villages in Thantlang Township.