Kholam

Kho Lam ဝဵင်းၶူဝ်လမ် ခိုလမ်မြို့
Town
Kholam Blue Pond
Kho Lam Location in Myanmar
Coordinates: 21.1012°N 98.1079°E / 21.1012; 98.1079
Country	Myanmar
State	Shan State
District	Namsang District
Township	Nansang Township
Area
• Total	1.61 sq mi (4.2 km^2)
Elevation [1]	3,255 ft (992 m)
Population [2]
• Total	12,246
• Density	7,600/sq mi (2,900/km^2)
Time zone	UTC+6.30 (MMT)

Kholam (Burmese: ခိုလမ်, Shan: ၶူဝ်လမ်) is a town in Nansang Township in south-central Shan State, Myanmar. It is divided into 6 urban wards and had a population of 12,246 people in 2019. The town is located 30 miles northeast of the township capital of Nansang along National Highway 4.[2] Kholam is the principal town of Kholam subtownship, a statistical subdivision of Nansang Township. According to the 2015 census, the subtownship 24,659 people.[3]

Economy

The town is home to the Eastern Central Command Regional Military Command headquarters [4] The Myanmar Army and local farmers within the town have had land disputes that have been described as continuous seizures of land for the purpose of expanding the military command.[5]

The town has a natural spring called the Kholam Blue Pond (Burmese: ခိုလမ် ရေပြာအိုင်), located between Kholam and Nansang. Over the last decade, it has been developed into a tourist destinations, mostly attracting locals from the surrounding area. The Ministry of Hotels and Tourism laid out plans in 2024 to develop tourism to other nearby attractions like Haingpaw Falls and for Kholam to serve as a central city for travelers going between Taunggyi and Kengtung.[6]

See also

• Nansang Township

References

1. GoogleEarth
2. Myanmar Information Management Unit (September 2019). Nansan Myone Daethasaingyarachatlatmya နမ့်စန်မြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ [Nansang Township Regional Information] (PDF) (Report). MIMU. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
3. ခိုလမ်မြို့နယ်ခွဲ အစီရင်ခံစာ [Particulars of Kholam Subtownship] (PDF) (Report) (in Burmese). 2014 Myanmar Housing and Population Census. May 2017.
4. "MEETING WITH TATMADAWMEN: SENIOR GENERAL HELD MEETINGS AT MONG PING AND KHO LAM". 18 February 2022.
5. Shan Human Rights Foundation (22 July 2020). "BURMA ARMY UNJUSTLY SUES 47 FARMERS FOR TRESPASSING ON LANDS SEIZED NEAR EASTERN CENTRAL COMMAND BASE IN KHO LAM, NAMZARNG TOWNSHIP".
6. "ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်(တောင်ပိုင်း) ခိုလမ်မြို့ရဲ့ လည်ပတ်စရာနေရာတစ်ခုဖြစ်လာတဲ့ ခိုလမ်ရေပြာအိုင်" [Shan State (south) Kholam town's Kholam Blue Pond becoming a tourist attraction]. Myanmar Digital News (in Burmese). 13 May 2024.