Aiyang Tlang

{{Short description|Mountain on the Bangladesh–Myanmar border}}

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| name = Aiyang Tlang

| photo = আইয়াং ত্লং.jpg

| photo_caption = View of Aiyang Tlang Hill, Dalian Headman Para.

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| location = BangladeshMyanmar border

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| map = Bangladesh#Myanmar

| map_caption = Location in Bangladesh (on the border with Burma)

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Aiyang Tlang is a mountain on the Bangladesh–Myanmar border.{{Cite news |url=https://www.amadershomoy.com/bn/2019/12/23/1049592.htm|script-title=bn:থানচিতে মিলল ৩২৯৮ ফুটের নতুন পর্বতশৃঙ্গের খোঁজ|work=Amader Shomoy |language=bn}} In 2020, Aiyang Tlang Hill was confirmed to be the highest point in Bangladesh. The hill was discovered in the 1980s by Van Rausang Bawm of the local Bawm ethnic community.{{Cite web|url=http://awaaz.com.bd/archives/142|script-title=bn:৩২৯৮ ফুটের নতুন পর্বতশৃঙ্গের খোঁজ মিলল থানচিতে|language=bn|access-date=28 December 2019|archive-date=23 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223022340/http://awaaz.com.bd/archives/142|url-status=dead}} On 13 November 2019, Engineer Jyotirmoy Dhar became the first Bangladeshi to climb the mountain.{{Cite web|url=http://thedailynewnation.com/news/243885/3300-feet--highest--hill--discovered-in-bandarban.html|title=3300 feet highest hill discovered in Bandarban|work=The New Nation}}{{Cite news |url=http://dailyasianage.com/news/215402/?regenerate|title=New highest hill spotted in Bandarban |work=The Asian Age}}

In November 2019, the height of Aiyang Tlang was measured by GPS (Global positioning system) and it was 3298 feet high above sea level.

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