Nogmung ( my, နောင်မွန်းမြို့); sometimes Naung Mung or Naun Mong and combinations) is a town in northern
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 ...
's Kachin State with about 1000 inhabitants as of 2006. It is the last town encountered when hiking northwards to
Hkakaborazi National Park and the highest peak of Myanmar, Mt.
Hkakabo Razi. Nogmung is also the gateway for
Tahaundam
Tahaundam (also spelt as Dahangdan) is the northernmost village inhabited year round by ethnic Tibetans of northern Kachin State, in extreme northern Myanmar (formerly Burma). The village, at an elevation of 1200 m, is surrounded by snow-capped m ...
, the northernmost village of Myanmar. Nogmung is famous for its bird diversity, and many endemic species are postulated to exist there.
In 2005, the
Naung Mung scimitar babbler (''Jabouilleia naungmungensis'') was
described based on a specimen collected near Nogmung. The Smithsonian's National Zoo and the Hkakabo Razi National Park Authorities have surveyed the avifauna since 2001 in Putao, Nogmung, and northwards to
Tahaundam
Tahaundam (also spelt as Dahangdan) is the northernmost village inhabited year round by ethnic Tibetans of northern Kachin State, in extreme northern Myanmar (formerly Burma). The village, at an elevation of 1200 m, is surrounded by snow-capped m ...
.
[Swen C. Renner, John H. Rappole, Peter Leimgruber, Daniel S. Kelly, Nay Myo Shwe, Thein Aung, Myint Aung. 2007. Land cover in the Northern Forest Complex of Myanmar: new insights for conservation. Oryx 41:27-37]
References
External links
Satellite map at Maplandia.com
{{Kachin State
Township capitals of Myanmar
Populated places in Kachin State