Misplaced Pages

Tanai Township တနိုင်းမြို့နယ်
Township
Tanai town
Location in Myitkyina district
Country	Myanmar
State	Kachin State
District	Myitkyina District
Area
• Total	4,772.92 sq mi (12,361.8 km)
Elevation	608 ft (185 m)
Population	39,229
Time zone	UTC+6:30 (MMT)

Tanai Township (Burmese: တနိုင်းမြို့နယ်) is a township in Myitkyina District of Kachin State, in northern Myanmar. The principal town is Tanai.

The Shadu Zup militia operates gold mines in the township. In July 2022, they attacked a Kachin Independence Army base near the Ka Nwe Thu mine in Tanai Township during the outbreak of civil war in Myanmar since 2021.

References

1. ^ Myanmar Information Management Unit (September 2019). Tanai Myone Daethasaingyarachatlatmya တနိုင်းမြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ [Tanai Township Regional Information] (PDF) (Report). MIMU. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
2. Nyein Swe (20 July 2022). "Junta forces launch fatal attack on KIA base in Tanai". Myanmar NOW.

v t e Kachin State
Capital: Myitkyina
Bhamo District	Bhamo Township Mansi Township Momauk Township Shwegu Township
Mohnyin District	Hpakant Township Mogaung Township Mohnyin Township
Myitkyina District	Chipwi Township Hsawlaw Township Injangyang Township Myitkyina Township Tanai Township Waingmaw Township
Putao District	Kawnglanghpu Township Machanbaw Township Nogmung Township Putao Township Sumprabum Township
Main cities and towns	Bhamo Chipwi Hsawlaw Hsinbo Hopin Hpakant Injangyang Kamaing Kawnglanghpu Lweje Machanbaw Mansi Mogaung Mohnyin Momauk Mulashidi Myitkyina Putao Shwegu Sumprabum Tanai Nogmung Waingmaw Ywathit

26°21′00″N 96°43′00″E / 26.3500°N 96.7167°E / 26.3500; 96.7167

This Kachin State location article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• Townships of Kachin State
• Kachin State geography stubs