Namhsan Township ( my, နမ့်ဆန်မြို့နယ်) 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, Ca ...

of the

Pa Laung Self-Administered Zone The Palaung Self-Administered Zone ( my, ပလောင် ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရ ဒေသ ) is a self-administered zone consisting of two townships in Shan State: It was created as a separate ...

"The Union of Myanmar, The State Peace and Development Council, Notification No. 33/2010, 20 August 2010"
English translation in the

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. ...

of eastern

Burma (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 Wells explai ...

. The principal town and administrative seat is

Namhsan Namhsan ( my, နမ့်ဆန်မြို့; Palaung: Om-yar; ), also spelt Namh San, Namsan, or Nam San, is the capital of Tawngpeng District in northern Shan State of Myanmar (Burma). The town is a popular starting point for trekking ...

. Prior to August 2010,

Kyaukme District Kyaukme District is a district of northern Shan State in Burma (Myanmar). , it consisted of 9 towns and 1946 villages. Administrative divisions , Kyaukme District contained the following townships: * Hsipaw Township * Kyaukme Township * Namtu Town ...

included Namhsan Township and

Mantong Township Mantong Township (( my, မန်တုံမြို့နယ်); also known as Manton Township and Mantung Township) is a township of the Pa Laung Self-Administered Zone

; and both of them were transferred that month to the newly created

."The Union of Myanmar, The State Peace and Development Council, Notification No. 33/2010, 20 August 2010"
English translation"Map of Shan State"
Myanmar's NET, showing district boundaries, last accessed 21 November 2010

References

Townships of Shan State {{Shan-geo-stub