Matupi

Matupi lies in the southern Chin hills, among steep ridges and valleys west of the Burmese lowlands. The settlement was formerly known as Batupuei, a name explained by local accounts as the great village of Batu, its first settler. The Batu people take their name from that ancestor. The hill country around Matupi is divided by deep river valleys, with routes following the ridges between communities speaking related Chin languages.