Lanse

Lar Chin
လာချင်
Laching, Lanse (လန်ဆယ်)
Lar Chin is located in Myanmar
Lar Chin
Lar Chin
Location in Myanmar
Coordinates: 26°34′35″N 98°34′05″E / 26.57639°N 98.56806°E / 26.57639; 98.56806
Country Myanmar
StateKachin State
DistrictMyitkyina District
TownshipHsawlaw Township
Time zoneUTC+6.30 (UTC + 6:30)

Lanse (Burmese: လန်ဆယ်, officially called Laching or Lar Chin (Burmese: လာချင်) is a village in Hsawlaw Township in Myitkyina District in the Kachin State of north-eastern Myanmar.

The village was home to the Kachin Border Guard Force Battalion 1002 headquarters under the command of the New Democratic Army – Kachin (NDA-K). The outpost was captured by the Kachin Independence Army on 11 November 2024 during the Myanmar civil war. Earlier in October 2024, the NDA-K issued an order to close mining operations including gold and rare earth mining sites in their territory, including Lanse.

References

  1. ↑ Myanmar Information Management Unit (January 2020). Sawlaw Myone Daethasaingyarachatlatmya ကျောင်းကုန်းမြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ [Tsawlaw Township Regional Information] (PDF) (Report). MIMU. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  2. ↑ "Place codes (Pcodes)". MIMU - Myanmar Information Management Unit. Retrieved 2026-05-24.
  3. ↑ "Final Kachin BGF Outpost in Lanse Village, Kachin State Captured". BNI Online. 11 November 2024.
  4. ↑ "New Democratic Army-Kachin orders temporary closure of mines amid escalating conflict with KIA in Kachin Special Region-1". Mizzima. 10 October 2024.