Tamu

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Tamu is a town in northwestern Myanmar’s Sagaing Region, situated near the India–Myanmar border and serving as an important cross-border trade and transit point.

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Tamu canonical 17

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Predicate Object
instanceOf town
administrativeDivisionType township capital
borderCheckpointWith Moreh
borderTradeRoute Tamu–Moreh corridor
borderWith India
borderWithIndianState Manipur
borderWithIndianTown Moreh, Manipur
connectedByRoadTo Moreh
country Myanmar
countryBorder India–Myanmar international border
governedBy Sagaing Region government
linked to: Sagaing Region
hasBorderControl immigration checkpoint
hasBorderStatePartner Manipur
hasBorderTradeAgreementContext India–Myanmar border trade arrangements
hasBorderTradePost Tamu border trade post
hasCustomsFacilities border customs checkpoint
hasEconomicActivity border trade
small-scale commerce
transport services
hasFunction gateway for Indo-Myanmar trade
hasGeopoliticalRole Indo-Myanmar border interface
hasNearbyCountry India
hasNearbyIndianTown Moreh
hasOfficialLanguage Burmese
hasSettlementType urban settlement
hasTransportMode road transport
hasTransportRole overland transit hub between India and Myanmar
isCapitalOf Tamu Township
locatedIn Sagaing Region
northwestern Myanmar
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Tamu District
Tamu Township
locatedInRegion northwest Myanmar border region
locatedInSubregion Chindwin River basin area
locatedOn India–Myanmar border trade route
near India–Myanmar border
partOf Republic of the Union of Myanmar
linked to: Myanmar

Upper Myanmar
linked to: Upper Burma
regionType border town
roadLinkType Asian Highway corridor segment
role cross-border trade point
transit point
strategicImportance key land gateway between India and Myanmar
timeZone Myanmar Standard Time
usesCurrency Myanmar kyat
utcOffset +06:30

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