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Buanlung

village in Chin State, Myanmar

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ118381536 ↗
Source-derived summary

Buanlung is a village in Hakha Township, Hakha District, in the Chin state of western Myanmar.

References

Buanlung was located in the east side of Hakha. It was founded in 1862. The founder of the village was Hram Cem (Zaathang). Their Landlord was Lai Kong (Zaathang). The first converted to Christianity was Hram Hnin (Khenglot). The first Pastor was Hau Ci ( Bawkkheng). The founder of school was Tial Lian in 1947. The population are over 900 in this village.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Buanlung” is village in Chin State, Myanmar. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Buanlung, village and Chin, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1862, 1947—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Buanlung, village and Chin is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “village in Chin State, Myanmar” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q118381536. Authority coordinates are 22.498, 93.538. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1862 and 1947.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Buanlung”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Buanlung primary sources, Buanlung archive and Buanlung research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Buanlung”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Buanlung” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.