Konkyan
Konkyan is a town in Konkyan Township, Shan State of Myanmar. It is also a part of Kokang Self-Administered Zone. On 12 November 2023, during Operation 1027, all 127 members of Light Infantry Battalion 129 surrendered to the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town
- Description: town in Shan State, Myanmar
- Also known as: “Kon-kyan”, “拱掌街”, and “拱掌镇”
Konkyan
- Categories: human-geographic territorial entity, town in Myanmar, and locality
- Location: Konkyan Township, Laukkaing, Shan State, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
23.8324° or 23° 49′ 57″ northLongitude
98.53626° or 98° 32′ 11″ eastElevation
3,392 feet (1,034 metres)Open location code
7MMWRGJP+XGOpenStreetMap ID
node 4339731027OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Shan—“Konkyan” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ကုန်းကြမ်း”
- Burmese: “ကုန်းကြမ်းမြို့”
- Burmese: “ကုန်းကြမ်းမြို့နယ်”
- Chinese: “拱掌”
- Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻကုံးစျံး”
- Shan: “ၵုင်းၸၢင်ႉ၊ ဝဵင်း”
- Shan: “ဝဵင်းၵုင်းၸၢင်ႉ”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 拱掌区政府 and Konkyan Township Hospital.
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