State of Chinland | |
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 Flag
 Coat of arms
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| Anthem: Chin National Anthem | |
 Location of Chinland (dark green) | |
| Status | Autonomous self-governing polity (de jure)[1] Independent state (de facto)[2] |
| Capital | Camp Victoria[citation needed] |
| Official languages | Burmese Kuki-Chin languages English |
| Regional languages | Mizo |
| Ethnic groups | Chin Myanmar Mizos |
| Demonym(s) | Chin |
| Government | Provisional parliamentary republic[1] |
• Chairman of Chinland Council | Pu Zing Cung |
• Prime Minister | Pu Pa Thang |
| Legislature | Chinland Council |
| Establishment | |
• Chin Hills Regulation Act | 13 August 1896 |
• Chin Forum Initiative | 1998 |
• Chinland Council | 13 April 2021 |
• Chinland Constitution | 6 December 2023 |
| Area | |
• Total | 36,018.8[3] km2 (13,906.9 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 2014 census | 578,801[4] |
• Density | 16/km2 (41.4/sq mi) |
| Currency | Kyat (K) (MMK) |
Chinland, officially the State of Chinland, is a self-governing polity in Southeast Asia. Its claimed territory encompasses Myanmar's Chin State.[5] It controls nearly all of the Chin State in western Myanmar, along the borders with Bangladesh and India.
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- ^ "Union of Myanmar". City Population. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
- ^ Census Report. The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census. Vol. 2. Naypyitaw: Ministry of Immigration and Population. May 2015. p. 17.
- ^ "The First Chin-Written Constitution: A New Template For Self-Determination?". The Irrawaddy. 26 December 2023. Archived from the original on 26 December 2023.