Tanai District

Tanai Township (Burmese: တနိုင်းမြို့နယ်) is the only township in Tanai District (Burmese: တနိုင်းခရိုင် in northwestern Kachin State, northern Myanmar. The principal town is Tanai.^[1] On 30 April 2022, the Ministry of Home Affairs designated Tanai Township into a new district consisting of only itself.^[2][3]

Tanai Township Tanai District တနိုင်းမြို့နယ် တနိုင်းခရိုင်
Township and District
Hukawng River in Tanai Township
Location in Kachin State
Country	Myanmar
State	Kachin State
District	Tanai District
Capital	Tanai
Area
• Total	4,772.92 sq mi (12,361.8 km2)
Elevation	608 ft (185 m)
Population  (2019)[1]	39,229
Time zone	UTC+6:30 (MMT)

The Shadu Zup militia operates gold mines in the township. In July 2022, they attacked a Kachin Independence Army base near the Ka Nwe Thu mine in Tanai Township during the outbreak of civil war in Myanmar since 2021.^[4]

Near the town of Tanai are Burmese amber sites of paleontological interest including the recently uncovered Inzutzut, Angbamo, and Xipiugong sites.^[5]