Kachin Hills

Kachin Hills

      heavily forested group of highlands situated in the northeasternmost section of Myanmar (Burma). They range north-south and are bordered on the northwest by Arunachal Pradesh state of India, on the north by the Tibet autonomous region of China, and on the east by Yunnan province of China. The hills blend with the Kumon Range to the west. The Kachin Hills are drained by the Mali and Nmai rivers, which are headstreams of the Irrawaddy River. The upper basin of the Chindwin River lies to the west.

      The Kachin Hills are chiefly inhabited by the Kachin people, who use slash-and-burn cultivation to grow hill rice on the slopes. They are a Sino-Tibetan group with a patrilineal tribal organization. The steep river valleys of the southern part of the region are mainly inhabited by Shans and Burmans. Rice, vegetables, tobacco, cotton, and sugarcane are their main crops. opium is a cash crop. The main population centres in the Kachin Hills are the towns of Myitkyinā, Mogaung, and Putao. The railroad north from Yangon (Rangoon) ends at Myitkyinā. The rivers in the area are used for transportation.

      Since the 18th century successive Chinese governments have laid claim to the northeasternmost segment of the Kachin Hills. The political boundary remained in dispute until the early 1960s, when Myanmar relinquished the eastern villages of Hpimaw, Gawlam, and Kanfang to China. The remote, isolated area comprising the Kachin Hills was never under the control of the Burmese kings, and the British administered the area directly. The area was granted a large measure of autonomy under the 1947 constitution, but subsequently the Myanmar government integrated the area more fully into the country.

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