Kale District

District in Sagaing Region, Burma

District in Sagaing Region, Burma

Kale District

District

Country|  Burma
Region| Sagaing Region
No. of Townships| 3
Capital| Kalay
Demographics

• Ethnicities| Burmese
Chin
Zomi
Time zone| UTC+6.30 (MST)

Kale District (also called Kalemyo District) is the westernmost district in Sagaing Division of Myanmar (Burma).[1]

## Townships

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Townships of Kale district

Kale

Kalewa

Mingin

Its administrative center is the city of Kalay (Kalaymyo). The district consists of three townships;

* Kale Township
* Kalewa Township
* Mingin Township

## Borders

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To the west Kale District borders Falam District and Tedim District of Chin State in the west, to the north Mawlaik District, to the east Shwebo District, to the south Monywa District and finally Gangaw District of Magway Division.

## Economy

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The area is supported by rice farming, fisheries and timbering. The main towns are Kalaymyo, Kalewa and Mingin.

## Religion

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Tahan Baptish Church

Kale District is one of the most affluent Christian areas of Burma. 99% of inhabitants in Tahan are Christian even though Burma is a Buddhist country and 90% of the national population are Buddhist. Only 4% of the Burmese population are Christian. Kale has 116 Buddhist Monasteries, 508 Churches, a Mosque, two Hindu Temples, two Buddhist Seminary for Nuns, five Buddhist nunneries and a joss house (Chinese communal temple). There are over 50 churches in Tahan also. This is the only place in Burma that you can see a church on every street corner and where Christmas is celebrated.[2]

## References

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1. ^ "Burma: Second-Order Administrative Divisions (Districts)" The Permanent Committee of Geographic Names (PCGN), United Kingdom, from Internet Archive
2. ^ Lalthangsanga, . History and Culture of Mizo.

## External links

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* Maplandia.com: "Kale Google Satellite Map and Gazetteer"

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Sagaing Region

Capital: Monywa

Hkamti District|

* Hkamti Township (Singkaling Hkamti)

Homalin District|

* Homalin Township (Homalin)

Kale District|

* Kale Township (Kalaymyo)
* Kalewa Township (Kalewa)
* Mingin Township (Mingin)

Kanbalu District|

* Kanbalu Township (Kanbalu)
* Kyunhla Township (Kyunhla)

Katha District|

* Banmauk Township (Banmauk)
* Htigyaing Township (Htigyaing)
* Indaw Township (Indaw)
* Katha Township (Katha)

Kawlin District|

* Kawlin Township (Kawlin)
* Pinlebu Township (Pinlebu)
* Wuntho Township (Wuntho)

Mawlaik District|

* Mawlaik Township (Mawlaik)
* Paungbyin Township (Paungbyin)

Monywa District|

* Ayadaw Township (Ayadaw)
* Budalin Township (Budalin)
* Chaung-U Township (Chaung-U)
* Monywa Township (Monywa)

Naga Self-Administered Zone|

* Lahe Township (Lahe)
* Leshi Township (Leshi)
* Nanyun Township (Nanyun)

Sagaing District|

* Myaung Township (Myaung)
* Myinmu Township (Myinmu)
* Sagaing Township (Sagaing)

Shwebo District|

* Khin-U Township (Khin-U)
* Shwebo Township (Shwebo)
* Wetlet Township (Wetlet)

Tamu District|

* Tamu Township (Tamu)

Ye-U District|

* Tabayin Township (Tabayin)
* Taze Township (Taze)
* Ye-U Township (Ye-U)

Yinmabin District|

* Kani Township (Kani)
* Pale Township (Pale)
* Salingyi Township (Salingyi)
* Yinmabin Township (Yinmabin)

23°11′N 94°04′E﻿ / ﻿23.183°N 94.067°E﻿ / 23.183; 94.067

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