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Falam, Burma - Wikipedia, the f ree ency clopedia

Falam, Burma
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(Redirected from Falam) Falam[3] (Burmese: ) is a town in northwestern Burma (Myanmar) near Burma's western border with the Indian state of Mizoram. The town was originally founded by the British in 1892, and became an important place for the British government to rule the whole Chin Hills at that time. After the formation of Chin State, it was the capital city until the administrative offices were moved to Hakha.What year? It is still the regional capital of Falam District and of Falam Township. Falam is the headquarters of several important organizations. The Zomi Baptist Convention (ZBC) has its head office in Falam. People who travel through the city take the KalayFalam-Hakha Road. The first school that ever existed in Chin State is the No.1 Basic Education High School in Falam, and it recently celebrated its 100th year. Many of the buildings in Falam reflect the British occupation and its former status as the state capital.
Falam

Falam
Palan[1]

Contents
1 Ministries and Government Organizations 2 Television 3 Radio 4 External links 5 Notes

Ministries and Government Organizations


Many federal agencies still maintain offices in Falam, such as Forestry, Health, Agriculture, Customs and Education.[4]

Location in Burma

Coordinates: 225449N 934040E Country Division District Township Government Mayor Population (2010)[2] Religions Time zone 5,929 Christianity MST (UTC+6.30) Burma Chin State Falam District Falam Township

Television
MRTV Myawaddy TV Myanmar International television formerly MRTV-3
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MRTV-4

Radio
Myanmar Radio National Service

External links
Satellite map at Maplandia.com (http://www.maplandia.com/burma/chin/falam/falam) Current weather in Falam (http://english.wunderground.com/global/stations/48031.html) Falam blog (English section) (http://falampost.blogspot.com/p/english-section.html)

Notes
1. ^ "Palan (Variant)" Falam, Burma (http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/detaillinksearch.asp? G_NAME='32FA8845B6A63774E0440003BA962ED3'&Diacritics=DC) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency 2. ^ "Myanmar: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population:calculation 2010" (http://www.worldgazetteer.com/wg.php? x=1288300191&men=gcis&lng=en&des=gamelan&geo=-141&srt=epnn&col=abcdefghimoq&msz=1500) World Gazetteer 3. ^ "Falam (Approved)" Falam, Burma (http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/detaillinksearch.asp? G_NAME='32FA8845B6A73774E0440003BA962ED3'&Diacritics=DC) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency 4. ^ "Myanmar Government Telephone Directory & Listing: Falam" (http://www.myanmarteldir.com/government/other_gov.asp?id=17) Myanmar Telephone Directory: Myanmar White Pages

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