Paletwa
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Paletwa is one of the westernmost town
s of Burma (Myanmar), in Chin State
18 kilometres from the border with Bangladesh
. It is the administrative seat for Paletwa Township
.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
s of Burma (Myanmar), in Chin State
Chin State
Chin State is a state located in western Burma . The Chin State is bordered by Rakhine State in the south, Bangladesh in south-west, Sagaing Division and Magway Division in the east, Indian state of Manipur in the north and Indian state of Mizoram in the west. The Chin ethnic group make up the...
18 kilometres from the border with Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
. It is the administrative seat for Paletwa Township
Paletwa Township
Paletwa Township is a township of Mindat District in the Chin State of Myanmar.The population of it was 85,893 according to an answer in Myanmar parliament on 8 Sep 2011....
.