Hkamti District or Khamti District (sometimes Naga Hills District^[1]) is a district in northern Sagaing Division of Burma (Myanmar). Its administrative center is the town of Singkaling Hkamti.

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Khamti District ခန္တီးခရိုင်
District
Khamti District Location in Burma
Coordinates: 26°00′N 95°41′E
Country	Burma
Region	Sagaing Region
No. of Townships	3
Capital	Singkaling Hkamti
Time zone	UTC+6.30 (MST)

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The district consists of the two townships:

• Hkamti Township, and
• Homalin Township

Prior to 2010,^[2] it additionally controlled Lahe, Lay Shi (Lashe), and Nanyun townships, which were transferred under the 2008 Constitution^[3] to the Naga Self-Administered Zone. The revised smaller district still has a significant minority Naga population.

Hkamti District is bordered^[4] by:

• India to the west
• Naga Self-Administered Zone to the west and north,
• Myitkyina District and Mohnyin District of Kachin State to the east.
• Katha District to the southeast, and
• Mawlaik District and Tamu District to the south,

Most people in Hkamti District practice subsistence farming. There is also a jade mine,^[5] although most of the jade mining is nearby in Mohnyin District.^[6]

The district is inhabited by the Khamti, Duleng (Kachin) and Nung Rawang people.