Loi Tai Leng ( Shan: လွႆတႆးလႅင်း; my, လွယ်တိုင်းလျှံ; th, ดอยไตแลง) is a town located in the mountainous region of southern

Shan State Shan State ( my, ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်, ; shn, မိူင်းတႆး, italics=no) also known by the Endonym and exonym, endonyms Shanland, Muang Tai, and Tailong, is a administrative divisions of Myanmar, state of Myanmar. ...

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

(Burma). Its southern boundary is the Myanmar–Thailand border. The headquarters of the

RCSS RCSS may refer to: * Real Canadian Superstore * Restoration Council of Shan State * Taipei Songshan Airport, by ICAO code *Rajagiri College of Social Sciences Rajagiri College of Social Sciences is an autonomous higher educational institution l ...

/ SSA-S are located in Loi Tai Leng. The town's name is derived from the Shan words "Loi", meaning mountain; "Tai", meaning the Shan people; and "Leng", meaning light. The town's entire name can therefore be interpreted as "the mountain where the Tai shine" or "where the Shan people see the light o fight for their freedom. To avoid confusion with Thais across the border, residents use Thailand's time zone instead of

Myanmar Standard Time Myanmar Standard Time (MMT; my, မြန်မာ စံတော်ချိန်, ), formerly Burma Standard Time (BST), is the standard time in Myanmar, 6:30 hours ahead of UTC ( UTC+06:30). MMT is calculated on the basis of 97°30′E lon ...

(MMT) which is thirty minutes behind, and the

Thai baht The baht (; th, บาท, ; currency sign, sign: ฿; ISO 4217, code: THB) is the official currency of Thailand. It is divided into 100 ''satang'' (, ). The issuance of currency is the responsibility of the Bank of Thailand. Society for Worldw ...

over the

Burmese kyat The kyat (, or ; my, ကျပ် ; ISO 4217 code MMK) is the currency of Myanmar (Burma). The typical notation for the kyat is "K" (singular) and "Ks." (plural), placed before the numerals followed by " /-" The term ''kyat'' derives from t ...

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Populated places in Shan State {{Shan-geo-stub