Mong Khet Township ( shn, ၸႄႈဝဵင်းမိူင်းၶၢၵ်ႇ) (also Mongkhat 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
Kengtong District in the
Shan State
Shan State ( my, ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်, ; shn, မိူင်းတႆး, italics=no) also known by the endonyms Shanland, Muang Tai, and Tailong, is a state of Myanmar. Shan State borders China (Yunnan) to the north, Laos ( ...
of
Burma
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 Wells explai ...
. The principal town and administrative center is
Mong Khet. It has been calculated to be the center of the
Valeriepieris circle.
Communities
Among the many small towns and villages, in addition to the town of Mong Khet, the following communities are local centers: Wan Namtawnkang, Wan La,
Wan Singpyin, Wan Hsi-hsaw, Wan Pang-yao, Wan Ho-hkü, Wan Kawnhawng, Wan Ho-nawng, and Ta-pom.
Mong Khet Circle
The Mong Khet Circle
is a diameter circle that contains more humans within it than outside of it, placed over east Asia, with its epicenter over Mong Khet. An original circle of diameter was originally devised by Ken Myers in 2013, before being later refined to by economics professor
Danny Quah
Danny Quah () is Li Ka Shing Professor in Economics at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. Quah's work includes contributions to the fields of economic growth, development economics, monetary economics, ...
, with Mong Khet being identified as the centre.
References
External links
"Mongkhak Google Satellite Map"Maplandia World Gazetteer
Townships of Shan State
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