Hsenwi Township

This article is about the present-day administrative division. For the town, see Hsenwi. For the former state, see Hsenwi State.

Hsenwi သိန္နီမြို့နယ်
Township
Hsenwi
Coordinates: 23°18′0″N 97°57′0″E
Country	Burma
State	Shan State
District	Lashio District
Elevation	632 m (2,073 ft)
Time zone	UTC+6:30 (MMT)

Hsenwi Township, also known as Hseni, is a township of Lashio District in the Shan State of eastern Burma. It shares the borders with Kutkai Township in the north, Kunlong Township in the east, Lashio Township in the south and Namtu Township in the west. Its area is 1,224.8 square kilometres (472.89 sq mi). There are 4 wards and 32 village-tracts. Total population was about 50,000 in 2009.

Description

The climate is tropical and average annual rainfall is 1,300 millimetres (50 in). Namtu, Namle and Namsalat are main creeks and they stream from east to west. The principal town is Hsenwi.

Teak, chestnut, sweet chestnut, lacquer trees, Cassia siamea, magnolia, mango, jack fruit, guava trees, bananas, lychee, green tea and oranges are grown. Paddy, corn, soya bean, ground nut, pigeon peas, sesame, belleric myrobalan, sunflower, rubber, sugarcane, chili, potato and coffee are also grown. It has 20,858 hectares (51,542 acres) of cultivable land, 1,470 hectares (3,640 acres) of un-cultivable land, 27,266 hectares (67,375 acres) of virgin and vacant land and 8,021 hectares (19,821 acres) of reserved forests and protected forest. Buffalo, cow, pig, chicken, fish were breed in the township.

There are 1 high school, 4 high school branches, 1 middle school, 7 post primary schools and 50 primary schools.

There are 1 25-bedded hospital, 2 16-bedded hospitals, 3 rural health clinics and 12 rural health clinics (branches). One of 16-bedded hospitals is in Sanlaung Village. It has been commissioned since October 2004.