Hakha is located in the northeast in Chin State. The city is 6,120 feet (1.870 m) above sea level and lies at the foot of Rung Tlang (Mt. Rung), which is about 7,543 feet (2.299 m) high, and is one of the most famous and beautiful mountain peaks in the Chin State. The total area of Hakha is about 12.50 square miles (32.4 km²).
Hakha was founded around A.D. 1400 by the Lai ethnic group. The area was ruled by local chiefs for many generations and it consisted of more than 600 houses when the British troops arrived in Hakha in 1889.
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During the Second World War, Hakha was captured by Japanese troops on November 11, 1943; it was later recaptured by British troops.
When Burma gained independence from British control in 1948, Hakha became an important city as the center for one of the subdivisions in the Chin Special Division, of which Falam was the capital at that time. The Chin Special Division was abolished reformed as the Chin State in 1974, at which time Hakha became the capital of the Chin State.
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