Pangsang Township is a township of the

Wa Self-Administered Division The Wa Self-Administered Division ( my, ဝ ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရ တိုင်း ) is an autonomous self-administered division in Myanmar (Burma). Its official name was announced by decree ...

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. ...

, formerly and conterminously part of

Matman District Matman District or Metman District is a district of Shan State, Burma. It is part of the Wa Self-Administered Division. It was formerly part of Hopang District. Matman District consists of three townships: Matman, Namphan and Pangsang Pangkham ...

. Prior to 2011, it was 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 ...

and

Lashio District Lashio District ( my, လားရှိုးခရိုင်) is a district of Shan State in Myanmar. It consisted of four towns and 2431 villages in 2001. Townships The district contains four townships, including: * Lashio Township *Hse ...

. Its capital town is

Pangsang Pangkham (; zh, c=邦康, p=Bāngkāng; Wa: ''Bāng kam''), known before 1999 as Pangsang (), is a border town in Myanmar's far eastern Shan State. It is situated at a bend on the Hka River near the border with Yunnan Province, China, opposit ...

(also known as

Pangkham Pangkham (; zh, c=邦康, p=Bāngkāng; Wa: ''Bāng kam''), known before 1999 as Pangsang (), is a border town in Myanmar's far eastern Shan State. It is situated at a bend on the Hka River near the border with Yunnan Province, China, opposit ...

Demographics

The population of Pangsang Township before 1995 was 51,895 and

Wa people The Wa people ( Wa: Vāx; my, ဝလူမျိုး, ; ; th, ว้า) are a Southeast Asian ethnic group that lives mainly in Northern Myanmar, in the northern part of Shan State and the eastern part of Kachin State, near and along Myan ...

were only 24,145 among them."Self-administered areas and zones"
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Demographics

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