# Tlangpi

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**Tlangpi** (Burmese: တလန်ပီးရွာ) also known as *Klangpi* is a mountainous village of [Chin people](/source/Chin_people) in [Thantlang Township](/source/Thantlang_Township), [Chin State](/source/Chin_State), [Myanmar](/source/Myanmar).[1] It is located in the west of Chin State, 13 km away from the south of Camp Victoria, Headquarters of [Chin National Front](/source/Chin_National_Front) at [India-Myanmar border.](/source/India%E2%80%93Myanmar_border)[2] In the [2014 Myanmar Census](/source/2014_Myanmar_census), the population in Tlangpi was 1,648 (females: 823 and males: 825). There were 346 'conventional households' in Tlangpi in 2014.[3]

## History

In *The Chin Hills Book Vol I and II* 1896, Carey, British Political Officer in the Chin Hills and Tuck, British Assistant Political Officer in the Chin Hills, mentioned Tlangpi as ‘Klangpi’ that had 70 houses.[4] In contrast, in the *Chin-Lushai Land Book* 1893, British Surgeon Lieutenant Colonel Reid correctly spelt the village name as 'Tlangpi' that had 100 houses when he visited Tlangpi village in February 1890.[5] In 1896, the houses in Tlangpi were built with [bamboo](/source/Bamboo) in the manner of [Lushai (Mizo)](/source/Mizo_people) style.[6] Approximately in 1850, the Lai people of Vanzang village established Tlangpi village which now constitutes one of the six villages in Vanzang Hill Tract.[7] In the *Chin Hills Vol II*, Carey and Tuck noted that they visited Tlangpi village in 1892 when the village Chief was Kil Hmung who led a group of Lai people to establishing Tlangpi village.[4]

Until 1895, [Chinland](/source/Chinland) (also known as Chin State or the Chin Hills) including Tlangpi was a [sovereign territory](/source/Sovereign_territory) with its own ruling system of [chieftainship](/source/Chieftainship).[8] In 1872, 1888, 1889-1890 and 1895, the British invaded Chinland for colonisation. After the 1895 invasion, the [British](/source/British_Empire) declared that Chinland was a [British Colony](/source/British_Colony) separately.[8] The British legislated the *Chin Hills Regulation* (1896) to rule the Chin people in the [Chin Hills](/source/Chin_Hills) and [Lushai Hills](/source/Lushai_Hills).[9] The British did not abolish the Chin ruling system of chieftainship. Under the *Chin Hills Regulation* (1896), they applied the [indirect rule](/source/Indirect_rule) to Chin people through the existing Chin Chiefs.[9]

In 1947, **Mang Ling** had served as Tlangpi Chief under the [Hakha](/source/Hakha) sub-division of the British Colony. Tlangpi Chief was one of the 19 Chin Hills Chiefs representing the Chin people's wish to the Frontier Areas Committee of Enquiry.[8] The committee was formed to unify the Frontier Areas and 'Ministerial Burma' with the Frontier Areas people's 'free consent' before the British conferred independence upon [Burma](/source/Burma) in 1948.[10]

Tlangpi has a [bedrock mortar](/source/Bedrock_mortar) site at its northern outskirt. It is locally known as 'lungsum', literally meaning 'rock mortar'.[11] [Prehistoric peoples](/source/Prehistoric_peoples) used this type of bedrock mortars to grind foods.[12] Their use of bedrock mortars was world-wide from [Americas](/source/Americas) to [Asia](/source/Asia).[12]

Just a stone's throw from the site of the bedrock mortar at the northern outskirt of Tlangpi, there exists a bedrock gayal (also known as mithun) which Tlangpi villagers call 'Lungsia', literally meaning 'rock gayal'. It is unknown whether the bedrock gayal is nature-made or historically man-made.[13][14]

## Geography

Tlangpi is a mountainous village bordering Tahtlang Village in the east, Zaangtlang Village in the west, Farrawn Village in the south and Lungding Village in the southwest.[15] Tlangpi is located between [Tio River](/source/Tio_River) in the north, Lahva River in the east and Thingva Creek in the west.[15] Its steep places are the characteristic features of Tlangpi. Tlangpi is in the elevation at 1,530 metres (5,020 feet) above the sea level.[16]

## Education

Tlangpi has two Primary Schools and one Middle School operated by [Myanmar Government](/source/Myanmar_Government). It also has a nursery school called 'M. Za To Lian Nursery School' run by its residents.[17]

## Notable people

- **[David Van Bik](/source/David_Van_Bik)** (1926 – 2000), the Lai [[Hakha Chin](/source/Hakha_Chin)] Bible translator, the author of Chin-English and English-Chin dictionaries, an ordained Christian minister, and a recipient of Doctor of Divinity from [Berkeley School of Theology](/source/Berkeley_School_of_Theology), [USA](/source/United_States).

## References

1. Benezer, Salai (2021). ["Army orders people in five villages of Htantalan Township to stay indoors"](https://www.bnionline.net/en/news/army-orders-people-five-villages-htantalan-township-stay-indoors). *Burma News International*. Retrieved 2024-01-12.

1. Hasnat, Karishma (2023-02-26). ["Junta conducts multiple air strikes in Thantlang, two Chin fighters killed in fresh offensive"](https://theprint.in/india/junta-conducts-multiple-air-strikes-in-thantlang-two-chin-fighters-killed-in-fresh-offensive/1401240/). *The Print*. Retrieved 2024-01-02.

1. ["The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census, Chin State, Haka District, Thantlang Township Report"](https://themimu.info/sites/themimu.info/files/documents/TspProfiles_Census_Thantlang_2014_ENG.pdf). *Myanmar Information Management Unit*. Myanmar: Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population. 2017. p. 8.

1. Bertram S, Carey & HN, Tuck (1896). [*The Chin Hills: A History of the People, Our Dealings with Them, Their Customs and Manners, and a Gazetteer of Their Country*](https://www.burmalibrary.org/docs21/chin_hills-vol.02-tu.pdf). Vol. II. Rangoon: Government of Burma. pp. xcii.

1. Reid, A Scott (1893). [*The Chin-Lushai Land including a Description of the Various Expeditions into the Chin-Lushai Hills and the Final Annexation of the Country*](https://ia801501.us.archive.org/17/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.33505/2015.33505.Chin-lushai-Land.pdf). Calcutta India: Thacker, Spink and Co. p. 143.

1. Bertram S, Carey & HN, Tuck (1896). [*The Chin Hills: A History of the People, Our Dealings with Them, Their Customs and Manners, and a Gazetteer of Their Country*](https://www.burmalibrary.org/docs21/chin_hills-vol.01-tu-red.pdf). Vol. I. Rangoon: Government of Burma. p. 160.

1. Chin, Cung Lian Hu (2018). [*Community Networking and Remittances as Social Capital for Rural Community Development in Chin State, Myanmar*](https://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/CDSSEA07_CommunityNetworkingChinState.pdf). Vaddhanaphuti, Chayan (ed.). Chiang Mai: Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development. p. 25.

1. Haokip, TS Letkhosei (2018-08-30). [*Ethnicity and Insurgency in Myanmar /Burma: A Comparative Study of the Kuki - Chin and Karen Insurgencies*](https://books.google.com/books?id=cGpoDwAAQBAJ&dq=klangpi+mang+ling&pg=PA21). Educreation Publishing. pp. 20–21. ISBN 97-8-1-5457-2271-8.

1. Scarlis, Christine Anne. ["Chin"](https://ethnomed.org/culture/chin/). *EthnoMed*. Retrieved 2024-01-12.

1. ["Frontier Areas Committee of Enquiry 1947: report submitted to His Majesty's Government in the... - Catalogue | National Library of Australia"](https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/4499183). *catalogue.nla.gov.au*. Retrieved 2024-01-12.

1. Hramkam, C (2024-01-10), ["English: Locals call this 'Lungsum', meaning 'bedrock mortar'. Nobody knows whether it is nature-made or man-made."](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tlangpi_Bedrock_Mortar_2.jpg), retrieved 2024-01-10

1. Stuart, Drew (2018-11-15). ["In "Bedrock Features," West Texas Prehistory Is Etched in Stone"](https://www.marfapublicradio.org/show/nature-notes/2018-11-15/in-bedrock-features-west-texas-prehistory-is-etched-in-stone). *Marfa Public Radio, radio for a wide range.*. Retrieved 2024-01-10.

1. Hramkam, C. (2024-01-10), ["English: Locals call this 'Lungsia', meaning 'bedrock gayal'. Nobody knows whether it is nature-made or man-made."](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tlangpi_Bedrock_Gayal.jpg), retrieved 2024-02-21

1. ["Google Maps"](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Site+of+Bedrock+Gayal/@22.9818289,93.3274137,164m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m15!1m8!3m7!1s0x374ce99df3653ba9:0x6249e54ddfce11d1!2sTlangpi,+Myanmar+(Burma)!3b1!8m2!3d23.0021179!4d93.3288183!16s%2Fg%2F11n165ps17!3m5!1s0x374ce90035354753:0xada1d0c74e27f80!8m2!3d22.9818289!4d93.3274137!16s%2Fg%2F11vphxbbrm?entry=ttu). *Google Maps*. Retrieved 2024-02-21.

1. ["Tlangpi · Myanmar (Burma)"](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tlangpi,+Myanmar+(Burma)/@22.9760354,93.3170986,2394m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m15!1m8!3m7!1s0x374ce9f14fb88995:0x71622a4fc5235bb3!2sTlangpi,+Myanmar+(Burma)!3b1!8m2!3d22.9753959!4d93.3263003!16s/g/1tftv9zw!3m5!1s0x374ce9f14fb88995:0x71622a4fc5235bb3!8m2!3d22.9753959!4d93.3263003!16s/g/1tftv9zw?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDkxOC4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw==). *Tlangpi · Myanmar (Burma)*. Retrieved 2024-09-24.

1. Kam, M Thawng. ["Tlangpi"](https://www.ichins.org/posts/tlangpi). *www.ichins.org*. Retrieved 2024-09-24.

1. ["M. Za To Lian Nursery School"](https://www.google.com/maps/place/M.Za+To+Lian+Nursery+School/@22.9780709,93.3249019,503m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x374ce9e575713ea9:0xc594f9250d1b7284!8m2!3d22.9770405!4d93.3263532!16s%2Fg%2F11gbk0pjm5?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDkxOC4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D). *Google Maps*. Retrieved 2024-09-24.

## External links

- [တလန်ပီးရွာ၊ ထန်တလန်မြို့နယ်](https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%90%E1%80%9C%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%95%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9B%E1%80%BD%E1%80%AC%E1%81%8A_%E1%80%91%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%90%E1%80%9C%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%99%E1%80%BC%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%B7%E1%80%94%E1%80%9A%E1%80%BA)
- [Tlangpi Weather](https://en.eltiempo.es/hakha/klangpi.html?v=por_hora)
- [Tlangpi, Thantlang Township, Chin State, Myanmar](https://wikimapia.org/34366075/Tlangpi-Thantlang-Township-Chin-State-Myanmar)

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