Chin State
Falam
Falam Township

Falam

Falam is a town in north-western Burma near Burma's western border with the Indian state of . The town was founded by the Taisun tribe. The British arrived to Falam in 1892, and became an important base for British rule of the .
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  • Type: Town with 9,090 residents
  • Description: Second biggest city in Chin State, Myanmar
  • Also known as: “Falam, Myanmar” and “Palan”

Falam

Latitude
22.91394° or 22° 54′ 50″ north
Longitude
93.67901° or 93° 40′ 44″ east
Population
9,090
Elevation
5,180 feet (1,579 metres)
Open location code
7MJMWM7H+HJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26576168
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1326105
Wiki­data ID
Q1208756
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Falam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فالام (ميانمار)”
  • Arabic: “فالام”
  • Burmese: “ဖလမ်းမြို့”
  • Catalan: “Falam”
  • Cebuano: “Falam”
  • Chinese: “法伦”
  • Chinese: “法兰”
  • Chinese: “法蘭”
  • Danish: “Falam”
  • Dutch: “Falam”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فالام”
  • French: “Falam”
  • Irish: “Falam”
  • Italian: “Falam”
  • Japanese: “ファラム (ミャンマー)”
  • Japanese: “ファラム”
  • Korean: “팔람”
  • Korean: “펄람”
  • Lithuanian: “Falamas”
  • Lithuanian: “Phalamas”
  • Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻဖလန်း”
  • Polish: “Falam”
  • Portuguese: “Falam (Mianmar)”
  • Portuguese: “Falam”
  • Russian: “Пхалан”
  • Russian: “Фалам”
  • Shan: “ၾလမ်း၊ ဝဵင်း”
  • Shan: “ဝဵင်းၾလမ်း”
  • Spanish: “Falam”
  • Swedish: “Falam”
  • Ukrainian: “Пхалан”
  • Urdu: “فالام، بورما”

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