Chipwi

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|other_name = Chibwe

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|subdivision_name2 = Chipwi District

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|subdivision_name3 = Chipwi Township

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Chipwi ({{langx|my|ချီဖွေမြို့}}; also called Chibwe) is a town in north-east part of the Kachin State, Myanmar. It is the administrative centre for Chibwe Township and Chipwi District. The town is located beside the N'Mai River just below where Chibwe Creek enters it. The Kachin Independence Army liberated Chipwi town on the evening of 30 September 2024.{{Cite news |first=Ko |last=Oo |date=October 7, 2024 |access-date=October 10, 2024 |title=Rare Earths, Hydropower, and History: Myanmar's KIA Eyes More Victories in Kachin |url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/analysis/rare-earths-hydropower-and-history-myanmars-kia-eyes-more-victories-in-kachin.html |website=The Irrawaddy News }} The Kachin Independence Organization has started controlling civil government operations. The placename is likely derived from the Lashi word for "beeswax".{{Cite journal |last=KURABE |first=Keita |date=2021-09-27 |title=Oronyms in northern Burma: Asymmetry between highland and lowland place names |url=https://zenodo.org/record/5529169 |journal=Studies in Geolinguistics |language=en |volume=1 |doi=10.5281/ZENODO.5529169}}