Kale District is one of the most affluent Christian areas of Burma. 99% of inhabitants in Tahan are
Christian even though Burma is a
Buddhist country and 90% of the national population are Buddhist. Only 4% of the Burmese population are Christian. Kale has 116
Buddhist monasteries, 508
churches, a
mosque, two
Hindu temples, two Buddhist
seminaries for
nuns, five Buddhist nunneries and a
joss house (
Chinese communal temple). Also, there are over 50
churches in Tahan. This is the only place in Burma that you can see a church on every street corner and where Christmas is celebrated. ==References==