Wān Long is a village in
Mawkmai Township
Mawkmai Township is a township of Langkho District in the Shan State of Burma. The principal town is Mawkmai.
The central portion of the township consists of a wide, well-watered plain on which rice is grown. The rest is chiefly mountainous wit ...
,
Loilen District
Loilem District is a district of the Shan State in Myanmar. It consists of 9 towns in 2010.
Its capital is Loilem.
Townships
The district contains the following townships:
*Loilem Township
* Nansang Township
*Kunhing Township
*Lai-Hka Tow ...
, 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
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.
It is located southeast of
Hkengnang, east of
Mak
Mak may refer to:
People
*Mak Dizdar (1917 - 1971), Bosnian poet
*Muhammad Arshad Khan, Pakistani painter popularly known as "MAK"
*Alan Mak (director) (born 1968), Hong Kong film director
*Alan Mak (politician) (born 1984), British Member of Par ...
and northwest of
Daw Mawkla.
History
A camp was located here during World War II.
At 5 pm local time on 11 November 1996, SURA company 152 of No 758 Brigade attacked SLORC troops near Wan Long, in Kenglom tract. The fight was brief and two Burmese soldiers died and two were wounded.
References
External links
Maplandia World Gazetteer
Populated places in Loilen District
Mawkmai Township
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