Kengtung District (Kengtung District)
Kengtung District (ကျိုင်းတုံခရိုင်; also spelled Kengtong) is a district of the Shan State in Myanmar. It consists of three towns and 1449 villages.
The district contains the following townships:
* Kengtung Township, 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 than to the Salween.
* Mong Khet Township
* Mong Yang Township
* Mong La Township
* Mong Ping Township
Mat Man Township, Matman (Maman) Township became part of Hopang District instead part of Kengtung District after September 2011.
The district contains the following townships:
* Kengtung Township, 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 than to the Salween.
* Mong Khet Township
* Mong Yang Township
* Mong La Township
* Mong Ping Township
Mat Man Township, Matman (Maman) Township became part of Hopang District instead part of Kengtung District after September 2011.
Map - Kengtung District (Kengtung District)
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Early civilisations in the area included the Tibeto-Burman-speaking Pyu city-states in Upper Myanmar and the Mon kingdoms in Lower Myanmar. In the 9th century, the Bamar people entered the upper Irrawaddy valley, and following the establishment of the Pagan Kingdom in the 1050s, the Burmese language, culture, and Theravada Buddhism slowly became dominant in the country. The Pagan Kingdom fell to Mongol invasions, and several warring states emerged. In the 16th century, reunified by the Taungoo dynasty, the country became the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia for a short period.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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MMK | Myanmar kyat | Ks | 2 |
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MY | Burmese language |