Tanai District

Tanai Township is the only township in Tanai District ( in northwestern Kachin State, northern Myanmar. The principal town is Tanai. On 30 April 2022, the Ministry of Home Affairs designated Tanai Township into a new district consisting of only itself.
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.
Near the town of Tanai are Burmese amber sites of paleontological interest including the recently uncovered Inzutzut, Angbamo, and Xipiugong sites.