Pekon
Pekon is a town in far southern Shan State, eastern Myanmar on the shores of the Mobye Reservoir near the border with Kayah State. It is the seat of the Pekon Township in the Kalaw District. It is divided into 7 wards.
- Town with about 15,300 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 2,940 feet (900 metres)
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as“Mobye”“Pecong”“Pekhon”“Pekong”“Phekhon”
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Latitude
19.86871° or 19° 52′ 7″ north
Longitude
97.0053° or 97° 0′ 19″ east
Open location code
7MFVV294+F4
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Shan—“Pekon” goes by many names.
ဖယ်ခုံBurmese
ဖယ်ခုံမြို့Burmese
佩孔Chinese
贝贡Chinese
PekonDutch
ဝေင်ꩻဖုဲင်ခွန်ႏPa'o Karen
ဝဵင်းၽႆၢႇၶုၼ်ႇShan
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