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(Redirected from Kengtong District) This article is about the district. For the township, see Kengtung Township. For the city, see Kengtung. For the former state, see Kengtung State. District in Shan State, Burma
Kengtung ကျိုင်းတုံ
District
Kengtung is located in MyanmarKengtungKengtungLocation in Burma
Coordinates: 21°35′00″N 99°35′00″E / 21.58333°N 99.58333°E / 21.58333; 99.58333
CountryBurma
StateShan State
Area
 • Total10,688 km (4,127 sq mi)
Elevation807 m (2,648 ft)
Population
 • Total366,861
 • Density34.325/km (88.90/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6:30 (MST)

Kengtung District (Burmese: ကျိုင်းတုံခရိုင်; also spelled Kengtong) is a district of the Shan State in Myanmar. It consists of three towns and 1449 villages.

Townships

The district contains the following townships:

  • Kengtung Township, Kengtung is the largest, most mountainous, most easterly, and culturally the farthest from the Burmese, of all the Shan States. Geography makes approach to it from the rest of Burma difficult for it lies not only beyond the Salween across which no bridge has been built and whose eastern tributaries have cut no easy routes through the serried north-south ranges, but nearer again to the Mekong than to the Salween.
  • Mong Khet Township
  • Mong Yang Township
  • Mong La Township
  • Mong Ping Township

Mat Man Township, Matman (Maman) Township became part of Hopang District instead part of Kengtung District after September 2011.

References

  1. GoogleEarth
  2. Myanmar City Population
  3. Kanbawsa - A series of articles on the Shan States of Burma
  4. Page 10 Column 3
Shan State
Capital: Taunggyi
East Shan State
Kengtung District
Mong Hpayak District
Mong Hsat District
Tachileik District

North Shan State
Kyaukme District
Lashio District
Laukkaing Districtsee Kokang Self-Administered Zone
Mu Se District
Hopang Districtsee Wa Self-Administered Division
Matman Districtsee Wa Self-Administered Division
Mongmit District
Kokang Self-Administered Zone
Pa Laung Self-Administered Zone
Wa Self-Administered Division
South Shan State
Langkho District
Loilen District
Taunggyi District
Danu Self-Administered Zone
Pa-O Self-Administered Zone
Main cities and towns
- also part of Kyaukme District; - also part of Hopang District; - also part of Matman District


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