Kengtung District
Encyclopedia
Kengtung District is a district
of the Shan State
in Myanmar
. It consists of 3 towns and 1449 villages.
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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.
Matman (Maman) Township becomes part of Hopang District
instead part of Kengtung District after September 2011.
District
Districts are a type of administrative division, in some countries managed by a local government. They vary greatly in size, spanning entire regions or counties, several municipalities, or subdivisions of municipalities.-Austria:...
of the Shan State
Shan State
Shan State is a state of Burma . Shan State borders China to the north, Laos to the east, and Thailand to the south, and five administrative divisions of Burma in the west. Largest of the 14 administrative divisions by land area, Shan State covers 155,800 km², almost a quarter of the total...
in Myanmar
Myanmar
Burma , officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar , is a country in Southeast Asia. Burma is bordered by China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, the Bay of Bengal to the southwest, and the Andaman Sea on the south....
. It consists of 3 towns and 1449 villages.
Townships
The district contains the following townshipTownship
The word township is used to refer to different kinds of settlements in different countries. Township is generally associated with an urban area. However there are many exceptions to this rule. In Australia, the United States, and Canada, they may be settlements too small to be considered urban...
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- Kengtung TownshipKengtung TownshipKengtung Township is a township of Kengtung District in the Shan State of Burma. The principal town is Kengtung. It lies almost entirely east of the Salween River and its area is over...
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 TownshipMong Khet TownshipMong Khet Township is a township of Kengtong District in the Shan State of Burma. The principal town and administrative center is Mong Khet.-Communities:...
- Mong Yang TownshipMong Yang TownshipMong Yang Township is a township of Kengtong District in the Shan State of Burma. The principal town is Mong Yang....
- Mong La TownshipMong La TownshipMong La Township is a township of Kengtung District. The principal town is Mong La.It was the Special Region #4 of Shan before new constitution . It hosts "National Democratic Alliance Army " and its leader Lin Mingxian aka Sai Lin...
- Mat Man Township
Matman (Maman) Township becomes part of Hopang District
Hopang District
Hopang District is a district of Shan State, Myanmar. It was set up in 2011 and consists of following townships.*Hopang Township*Mongmao Township*Pangwaun Township*Namphan Township*Pangsang Township*Metman Township*Panlong Subtownship*Namtit Subtownship...
instead part of Kengtung District after September 2011.