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Mindat Township is a township of Mindat District in the Chin State of Myanmar.

Old Name of Mindat is "Mang Dat". Direct translation of Mindat is "King's Army" and Correct meaning is "King's Village".In Colony time when British army preparing to attack "Lung Tu or Chum" Village they stayed in Mindat. They created strong earth bunkers at 16 Miles above Mindat. Until today we still can see that earth bankers near 16-mile (26 km) Station. Nowadays 75% of the population is Christian and the rest are traditional Animist plus Buddhist.

The Location: Mindat town is seated on 4,860 feet (1,480 m) above sea level and it located at Southern Chin State, West part of the Country. Mindat is located between latitude 21.19 and 21.47, longitude 93.23 and 94.29. Its southern region has provinces like Matupi and Paletwa. Eastern border faces Saw region and south Kanpellet and Tilin.(ref:http://www.myanmar-explore.com/eng/destinations/chin/index.html)

People: "Kcho" or "Cho" people are the inhabitant ethnic group around Mindat. There are three ethnic groups: they are "Mun" "M'Kang" and "Dai".

Language, Dialect: Kcho people speak Kcho dialect and they call themselves as "Kcho". Among Chin Dialects in Myanmar, Kcho dialect is unique. It stands uniquely and does not mix with other Chin Languages. Commonly, one type of Chin dialects can be communicated with another type of Chin dialect ( Haka dialect can be understood by Htantlang, Tiddim dialect can be used to communicate with Ton Zang dialect etc...). For some reason Kcho dialect is hard to learn and it is a little bit similar here and there with all other Chin dialects.

Cultural: lots of people from Myanmar misunderstand the beautiful cultural of Kcho people because of their habit of revenge. The traditional culture of Kcho people is very much similar to the Hebrew (Israel) culture. The Law of traditional Kcho culture has forbidden murdering, Stealing, Adultery etc...They don't allow those who broken the Law to be forgiven unless if he or she repents and gives twice amount of what he or she has stolen or destroyed other people's property. Until to day Kcho People hate stealing and dishonesty. Kcho cultural has heavily forbidden to kill Females. According to Kcho cultural when a man kills any wild animal he will hang up the head of the animal in front of his hurt so that people will respect him for his bravery and talent. The more a person can hang the more he became popular within the community. Mostly, people hang up the heads of Cow, buffalo, and a kind of wild ox to show their dignity. Due to this culture, some people miss understand and said that Kcho people hang up Humans' Head like Head-Hunters because of their lack of proper observation. In reality the custom of Kcho people is to protect their Guess until their last breath and they are not allowed to kill a person without a very reasonable case. During the Civil war the Kcho people were faithful fighter for the Country, Myanmar.

Famous places: Mouth Victoria is the most famous icon of Mindat district. Mt. Victoria is 10,200 feet (3,100 m) high above sea level and it's the third highest mountain of the country.

Religious: There are three main religious in Mindat, they are Christianity, Animism, and Buddhism. Animism is the most oldest and pioneer religious of the inhabited ethnic groups. Christian became the most popular religious from one century ago and Buddhism still standing as one of the main religious in Mindat.

Kcho people are known for their honesty and bravery. During civil war Kcho and Chin army saved the Country from Communism. Nevertheless, later when the military regain the power they remove, dislodge, take off the Chin Army so that they can contain their power. Chin state is the Only state that not having strong rebellious army, they all love Peace and Democracy. Kcho people were well known for their fighting spirit and zeal.

'(c)tamkitam'