Lashio District ( my, လားရှိုးခရိုင်) 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, subdivision ...

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 ...

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 ...

. It consisted of four towns and 2431 villages in 2001.

Townships

The district contains four

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, ...

s, including: * Lashio Township *

Hsenwi Township Hsenwi Township, also known as Hseni, is a township of Lashio District in the Shan State of eastern Burma. It shares the borders with Kutkai Township in the north, Kunlong Township in the east, Lashio Township in the south and Namtu Township i ...

* Mongyai Township *

Tangyan Township Tangyan Township is a township of Lashio District in the Shan State of eastern Burma. The principal town is Tangyan. Tangyan emerged as an important centre for Panthay people (Chinese Muslims originally from neighbouring Yunnan) in the mid-20th ...

also spelled as Tangyang Township *

Kunlong Township Kunlong Township is a township of Lashio District (formerly part of Kunlong District) in Shan State, Burma. The main town is Kunlong Kunlong ( my, ကွမ်းလုံ) is the capital town of Kunlong Township in Shan State. its coordin ...

(formerly part of Kunlong District) At one point, Lashio District also included the following townships, which became now part of

Hopang District Hopang District is a district of Shan State, Burma. It is part of the Wa Self-Administered Division The Wa Self-Administered Division ( my, ဝ ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရ တိုင်း ) is a ...

. Therefore, they are no longer part of Lashio District since September 2011.Page 10 Column 3
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Mongmao Township Mong Maoe Township ( Wa: mēng hmae; shn, ၸႄႈဝဵင်းမိူင်းမႂ်ႇ, translit=tsāaewéng Moeng Hmaue, lit=township of New Territories, my, မိုင်းမောမြို့နယ်), locally known as Moe ...

Namphan Township Namphan Township, also known as ''Na-hpan'', is a township of the Wa Self-Administered Division of Shan State, formerly and conterminously part of Matman District. Prior to 2011, it was part of Hopang District and Lashio District. Its capital is ...

also spelled as Naphan Township *

Pangsang Township Pangsang Township is a township of the Wa Self-Administered Division of Shan State, formerly and conterminously part of Matman District. Prior to 2011, it was part of Hopang District and Lashio District. Its capital town is Pangsang (also kno ...

also spelled as Panhkam Township *

Pangwaun Township Pangwaun Township, also known as ''Panwai'' and ''Panwine'', is a township of the Wa Self-Administered Division of Shan State, formerly and conterminously part of Hopang District. Prior to 2011, it belonged to Lashio District. Its main town is P ...

also spelled as Panwai Township

References

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