Paletwa (Burmese: ပလက်ဝမြို့; MLCTS: pa. lak wa. mrui., pronounced[pəlɛʔwa̰mjo̰]) is one of the westernmost towns of Myanmar, in Chin State 18 kilometres from the border with Bangladesh. From the other side of the border, lies Chittagong Division of Bangladesh. Paletwa town's population in 2014 was about 97,000.[1]
The Arakan Army launched an attack at the town on November 13, 2023 and captured it on 15 January, 2024 during the Myanmar Civil War.[2]
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Paletwa (Burmese: ပလက်ဝမြို့; MLCTS: pa. lak wa. mrui., pronounced [pəlɛʔwa̰ mjo̰]) is one of the westernmost towns of Myanmar, in Chin State 18 kilometres...
Paletwa Township (Burmese: ပလက်ဝမြို့နယ်) is a township of Matupi District in the Chin State of Myanmar. It consists of Paletwa and Sami towns and Paletwa...
Southeastern Chin State Mindat Township Kanpetlet Township Paletwa District of Southwestern Chin State Paletwa Township Sami Sub-township Hakha District was formed...
region of Myanmar. It is located in the far west, on the border with India. Paletwa, located in Southern Chin State, Myanmar, has met conflict earlier than...
the entire Chin ethnic group." On 31 January, 2024, the CDF-Mara, CDF-Paletwa, CDF-Thantlang, CDF–Zophei, CDF-Lautu, and CDF–Senthang, alongside the...
follows: Daai Falam Hakha Hualngo Kanpetlet Lautu Matupi Mara Mindat Ngawn Paletwa Senthang Thantlang Zanniat Zophei Zotung The flag used by the Chinland...
township of Paletwa in Chin State in western Myanmar which borders Bangladesh. 15 January – Operation 1027: The Arakan Army captures the town of Paletwa in Chin...
is the administrative center for the township. During the British rule, Paletwa was originally part of Arakan Division called Arakan Hill Tract. The Matupi...
subtownship, Paletwa township, Chin State (in 85 villages) Ethnologue lists the following dialects. Khumi Pi Chaung Kaladan Eastern Kaladan Southern Paletwa Eastern...
Paletwa, in Chin province, adjacent to Mizoram. This 160 km inland waterway will enable cargo ships to enter, upload and offload freight in Paletwa,...
at Paletwa in Myanmar's Chin State and the upgrade of highways from Paletwa to Myeikwa on the Indo-Myanmar border. In 2017, the Sittwe port, Paletwa jetty...
forests, and Chin State in Myanmar, particularly Hakha, Thantlang, Falam, Paletwa and Matupi Townships. It begins with a rat population boom, which in turn...
Sami Bay, east of Sami, Cephalonia Sami, Gujarat, India, a town Sami, Paletwa, Myanmar, a town Sami (chimpanzee), chimpanzee who was kept at the Belgrade...
Defense Force on April 4, 2021. On 31 January, 2024, the CDF-Mara, CDF-Paletwa, CDF-Thantlang, CDF–Zophei, CDF-Lautu, and CDF–Senthang, alongside the...
clashed with the Myanmar Army in Kyauktaw Township of Rakhine State and Paletwa Township of Chin State. In December 2015, the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Armyengaged...
Mizoram, the construction of a river port at Paletwa, as well as the widening and upgrade of highways between Paletwa and Myeikwa on the Indo-Myanmar border...
it swerves north through into India's Mizoram State and re-emerges in Paletwa, where it merges into the Bay of Bengal. Thantlang's borders extend to...
Myanmar. It is spoken in 142 villages in Kanpetlet, Matupi, Mindat, and Paletwa townships in Chin State, Burma (Ethnologue). Mutual intelligibility among...
appear to be of Tibeto-Burman descent. The Daai people live in the Mindat, Paletwa, Matupi and Kanpetlet townships of Southern Chin State in Burma. There...
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