Kalaymyo (2009-2010)

Kalaymyo

Location, Area and Boundary

Kalaymyo is situated to the North-West of Sagaing Division(Province) and at the edge of Chin state. It is surrounded by the LayThar Hill in the East and by the Chin Hill in the West. Kalay Township is located between 22° 36´ and 23° 38´ north latitudes and between 93° 58´ and 94° 16´ east longitudes. Tropic of cancer pass through kalaymyo by milepost 55/56 near KyanSitKone village. Kalaymyo is situated about 450 above sea level. Its area is about 13 miles in the East and in the West, 72 miles wide in the South and in the North. Its square mile is 902.606 (577,674 acres) in width. To the east of Kalay Township is Kalaywa Township and Mingin Township, to the west is Tiddim Township and Falum Township in the Northen Chin state, to the South is GuntGaw Township, to the North it border on Tamu Township, MorLike Township and ToneZum Township in the Northern Chin State by water and land. Kalaymyo is the seat of Kalay District Kalaywa and Mingin consist in Kalay District. The drainage pattern of Kalaymyo is like a lattice. There are the River Myitthar flowing from the south to the north and the River MaNePuRã (also knows as NunKaThel River) where she has her source of flowing from Manipur in the Northeast India and the River Nayyinzayar which flows from the North to the South and the Hillock TaungPheLar that stretches out to the East and the West of Kalaymyo. The airport is in the heart of the town.

Climate and Natural Vegetation

The climate of Kalaymyo is tropical monsoon. The average temperature of Kalaymyo is 79 degrees Fahrenheit. InMarch, April and May, the average temperature is from 100 degree Fahrenheit to 112 degrees Fahrenheit. May is the hottest month in the summer. In the December and January, it is coldest and the temperature is between 70 and 50 degree Fahrenheit. The average rainfall throughout the year is 67.77 inches. (Remark: the rainfalls and temperatures are subject to change due to the global climate change and global warming.) The forest acre of Kalay Township is (577674) Teak, ironwood (pterocarpus indicus) large timber tree (shorea obtsa) , sal tree (shorea robusta) and other various kinds of trees grow in kalay Township. There are over 80,000 paddy-planting fields, more than 10,000 pea-planting fields and 40,000 cooking oil crops acres and above. The consumption of the crops by the local people, is more adequate than the necessity of the locality (region) and moreover, the local-yielding crops can be sold out of the locality and sent to other towns. Kalaymyo is the plain Myitthar which is spreading the big carpet of verdure.

Administration

Kalaymyo, being the seat of Kalay District, District standard Offices and Township Standard Offices are siturated in Kalaymyo. Besides, the Military Headquarter of Regional Administration, No (10) Military Operation Management Headquarter and over 10 battalions and military units are also situated in Kalaymyo.

Nationalities (Races) and Religion

The population of Kalaymyo, is about 400,000. Burmese; 55 percent, Chin: 35 percent, other nationalities and Foreigners; 10 percent. The people who profess Buddhism are 55 percent and the people who profess Christianity are 40 percent and the people who profess other religions are about 5 percent. There are 116 Buddhist Monasteries in total, 508 Churches in total, a Mosque, two Hindu Temples, two Buddhism Seminary for Nuns, Five Buddhist nunneries and a joss house (Chinese communal temple ) in Kalaymyo.

Education

There are two Basic Education High Schools, two branch (Basic Education) High Schools, two secondary Schools, 14 Primary Schools in Kalaymyo. Kalay University is situated 9 miles to the west of Kalaymyo, Computer University, about 10 miles to ChaungNyeAKo village which is to the North-East of Kalaymyo, at 9 miles in distance and Technology University that is situated at 5 miles to the south of Kalaymyo.

Health

In addition to the District Standard General Hospital which holds up to 100 beds, there are a Military Hospital that can accommodate up to 100 beds and three private hospitals in Kalaymyo. There is also a District Grade Traditional Medicine Clinic in Kalaymyo.

Social Affairs

There are many social organizations in Kalaymyo. They are Kãya ̣KanMett ã Complimentary Obsequies (Funeral) Services Association, ThiSa Life Saving Blood Donors Association, Care Myanmar Association for Anti-Aids , HIV, VD and STD. Anti-Malaria Association, PSI and Mariestopes International Organization for Reproduction and Healthcare, ambulance service and oxygen Cylinder Rental gratis (around the clock) for the patients in critical condition and phlem suction Device Rental Service for free.

Economy

Kalaymyo is economically pivotal in Myanmar because it is not only a gateway to the Chin Hills but also a town close to India-Myanmar Frontier (Border).It is also a place where local-yielding crops, Products of India and Products of China are purchased and sold (traded) and a town of solid economy.

Products

Maun Myanmar Super Jeeps, Fire engines (trucks), three-wheeled motorcycles, Jeep trailers, six-wheeled trucks, ten-wheeled trucks and Local-made mini trucks are being produced in Kalay Industrial Estate (park) by getting the right of production.

Telecommunications

Myanmar Television Programmes can be tuned and watched because there is a satellite communication camp in Taun Phe Lar. Myawade Telecast can also be tuned and watched due to having Myawade Relay Satellite Receiver. As there is a branch newspaper publishing house (establishment in Kalaymyo), The Mirror Daily, The New Light of Myanmar Daily can be read in the same time as in Yangon not only by the people in Kalaymyo but also by the people in Chin State and Upper Chindwin Regions. Telephone calls can be made at any time to all respective townships in Myanmar and to foreign countries due to microwave and auto telephone exchange. There are about ten internet service shops in Kalaymyo because of having Internet ADSL Lines. IP stars Broadbands are also installed and utilized.
In terms of electric energy, one megawatt hydroelectric plant in Zechaun village and township power station can supply the necessity of the town’s energy to some extent. When the irrigation dam in RāZāJo village and MāNePu Hydroelectricity Project is finished, the necessity of energy will meet the needs of the people to the full to be supplied (to the people) to the full and industrial enterprices will also become more and more developed than ever before.

Roads and Communications

Morlike,Homalin,Khunte,Mingin and Monywar are accessible by water via Kalaywa which is 24 miles away from Kalaymyo.We can go to TāMu, a border town between a Myanmar and India and back in a day (by land).Buses are running back and forth within a day between Kalay and Tamu.Tamu is 83 miles away from Kalay.GantGaw is accessible by cars from Kalay.GuntGaw is accessible by cars and trains from Kalaymyo. It is 86 miles away from Kalaymyo by car route and 82 miles away by railway. We can also go as far as PaKôkKu passing through the PounTaun Poun Nyar Tunnel by train. Falum, HarKhar, Tiddim, TonZan and RihKhawThar (India-Myanmar Border) are accessible by car routes from Kalay. In the rainy season, Mandalay is accessible by Kalay-GuntGaw-MonYwar-Mandalay road. In the winter, Mandalay is accessible by Kalay-Myoma-Yarje- Monywar-Mandalay Route. Mandalay and Yangon are also accessible by airplane from Kalaymyo. In Kalay, there are three airlines flying to Mandalay and Yangon; Myanmar Airways, Air Bagan Airways and Air Mandalay Airways.
You are warmly and cordially invited to visit Kalay, a verdant and peaceful town on one occasion.


Data collect by Linn Thit Mon.
Translate by Bill.


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Look well at!

A young couple moves into a new neighborhood. The next morning , while they are eating breakfast, the young woman sees her neighbor hang the wash outside. That laundry is not very clean, she said she doesn’t know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better laundry soap. Her husband looked on, but remained silent. Every time her neighbor would hang her wash to dry, the young woman would make the same comments.
About one month later, the woman was surprised to see a nice clean wash on the line and said to her husband; look! she has learned how to wash correctly , I wonder who taught her this. The husband said I got up early this morning and cleaned our windows!.
And so it is with life. What we see when watching others, depends on the purity of the window through which we look. Before we give any criticism, it might be a good idea to check our state mind.

Why Worry?

There are only two things in life to worry about:

Whether you are well
or whether you are sick.

If you are well,

then there is nothing to worry about.

But if you are sick,

there are only two things to worry about:

Whether you are going to get well

or whether you are going to die.

If you get well,

then there is nothing to worry about.

But if you die,

there are only two things to worry about:

Whether you are going to go to heaven
or whether you are going to go to hell.

If you go to heaven,

then you have nothing to worry about.

But if you go to hell,

you'll be so busy shaking hands with all your friends,

that you won't have time to worry!

So, Why Worry?



Be Happy

Do not cry if the Sun sets at the end of the day, because the tears will not let you enjoy the beauty of the Stars.

“A little town which I love”

Writer; Tha Khin Nwe

There is a little tow in Myanmar named Kalaymyo I grew up in and I love it. It is close to the Chin State, in the northwest of Myanmar. The majority of people have moved there from several parts of the country. Most people work in agriculture. Honesty, openness and friendliness are the characters of its people.
The town was formerly known as Karlaymyo, which means a town surrounded by four satellite towns, Shwetaung in the northeast, Sintton in the southeast, Manlon in the southeast and Khanpat in the northwest. It is said that Kalaymyo was established on Sunday, the 5th of waning of Tabotwe month 328, according to the Myanmar calendar. The Chief Executive was Kye Taung Nyo, son in-law of Mahar Saw Lon Kyi.
Kalaymyo was renovated afterwards by Chief Saw Shwe in 999, Chief Saw Han Kle in 1123 and Chief Maung Phar Kyi in 1251. During the reign of Chief Maung Phar Kyi, the satellite towns were replaced with the new ones. They were Teinnyinmyo in the northeast, Tintharmyo in the southeast, Manlonmyo in the southwest and Eikswtmyo in the northwest.
The former satellite towns, Shwetaungmyo, Sinttonmyo, Khanpatmyo and the later satellite town Teinnyinmyo are today covered in dense jungle. Kalaymyo is now 120- years old if we take the fourth establishment of the town as a mark and 1043-years old from the first year of establishment. Kalaymyo therefore can be said to be an ancient town which was contemporary with Tagaung, one of the ancient cities in Myanmar.
Even if Kalaymyo is a small town and has a small population, its people are built with honesty, openness and friendliness. Personally, I think that it is not the size of a town or a country that gives excellent value; but the character of its people. That is why Kalaymyo is small town which is worth living in.

Tha Khin Nwe

Kalay Township

Kalaymyo (Kalemyo) is a town in the Sagaing Division of Myanmar(Burma). Upstream from Mandalay and Monywa on the Chindwin River, the town is gaining importance as a staging point for trade between Myanmar(Burma) and India (Kalaymyo is about 150 km from the Myanmar -India border at Tamu)