Hpakant Township
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Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU) ( my, ဖားကန့်မြို့နယ်; also Kamaing Township) is a
township
A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...
of
Mohnyin District
Mohnyin District ( my, မိုးညှင်းခရိုင်) is a district of the Kachin State in northern Burma (Myanmar). The administrative center is Mohnyin.
Townships
The district contains the following three townships:
* Mongya ...
in the
Kachin State of
Burma (Myanmar).
"Developing Kachin State with peace, unity and pleasantness"
MRTV3 The administrative centre is Hpakant
Hpakant ( my, ဖားကန့်, ; Shan Language: ၽႃၵၢၼ်ႉ, also Hpakan and Phakant) is a town in Hpakant Township, Kachin State of the northernmost part of Myanmar (Burma). It is located on the Uyu River 350 km north of M ...
. The major town is Kamaing
Kamaing ( my, ကာမိုင်းမြို့; also Kamine) is a jade-mining town in the Kachin State of the northernmost part of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. It is the birthplace of journalist Edward Michael Law-Yone
Edward Mi ...
.
See also
* Hpakant massacre
External links
"Kamaing Google Satellite Map"
map of the administrative area with a listing of principal settlements (from Maplandia)
References
Townships of Kachin State
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