Kengtung District ( my, ကျိုင်းတုံခရိုင်; also spelled Kengtong) is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

of 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. ...

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 ...

. It consists of three towns and 1449 villages.

Townships

The district contains the following

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Kengtung Township Kengtung Township ( shn, ၸႄႈဝဵင်းၵဵင်းတုင်, my, ကျိုင်းတုံမြို့နယ်; also spelled ''Kyaingtong'', Kengtong, th, เมืองเชียงตุง or ''Mueang Chiang Tun ...

, Kengtung is the largest, most mountainous, most easterly, and culturally the farthest from the Burmese, of all the Shan States. Geography makes approach to it from the rest of Burma difficult for it lies not only beyond the Salween across which no bridge has been built and whose eastern tributaries have cut no easy routes through the serried north-south ranges, but nearer again to the

Mekong The Mekong or Mekong River is a trans-boundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is the world's List of rivers by length, twelfth longest river and List of longest rivers of Asia, the third longest in Asia. Its estimated length is , ...

than to the

Salween , ''Mae Nam Salawin'' ( , name_etymology = , image = Sweet_View_of_Salween_River_in_Tang_Yan_Township,_Shan_State,_Myanmar.jpg , image_size = , image_caption = Salween River in Shan State, Myanmar , map ...

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Mong Khet Township Mong Khet Township ( shn, ၸႄႈဝဵင်းမိူင်းၶၢၵ်ႇ) (also Mongkhat Township) is a township of Kengtong District in the Shan State of Burma. The principal town and administrative center is Mong Khet. It has been c ...

Mong Yang Township Mong Yang Township ( shn, ၸႄႈဝဵင်းမိူင်းယၢင်း) is a township of Kengtong District (Chiang Tung District) in the Shan State of Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wiki ...

Mong La Township Mong La Township ( shn, ၸႄႈဝဵင်းမိူင်းလႃး, my, မိုင်းလားမြို့နယ်) is a subdivision of Kengtung District, Shan State, Myanmar. The area borders China and Laos. The principal tow ...

Mong Ping Township Mong Ping Township is a township of Kengtung District (formerly part of Mong Hsat District) in the Shan State of Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ ev ...

Mat Man Township Matman Township, also known as ''Metman Township'', is a township of the Wa Self-Administered Division of Shan State, formerly and conterminously part of Matman District. The capital of the township is Matman. History Historically most of the area ...

, Matman (Maman) Township became part of

Hopang District Hopang District is a district of Shan State, Burma. It is part of the Wa Self-Administered Division. It was set up in 2011 and consists of three townships, Hopang, Mongmai and Pangwan, and two subtownships, Namtit and Panlong. History At Hopan ...

instead part of Kengtung District after September 2011.Page 10 Column 3
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References

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