Hpakant Township
Hpakant Township is a township of Mohnyin District in Kachin State of northern Myanmar. The administrative centre is Hpakant. The major town is Kamaing.
- Type: Locality with 170,000 residents
- Description: township in Kachin State, Burma
- Also known as: “Hpakant township”, “Kamaing”, “ဖားကန့်”, and “帕甘镇区”
Hpakant Township
- Category: township of Myanmar
- Location: Mohnyin District, Kachin State, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
25.6887° or 25° 41′ 19″ north
Longitude
96.45° or 96° 27′ east
Population
170,000
Elevation
1,250 feet (381 metres)
Open location code
7MQRMFQ2+F2
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Vietnamese—“Hpakant Township” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ဖားကန့်မြို့နယ်”
- Catalan: “Hpakan”
- Chinese: “帕敢镇区”
- French: “Canton de Hpakant”
- Japanese: “パカン郡区”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hpakant kommune”
- Portuguese: “Phakant”
- Shan: “ၸႄႈဝဵင်းၽႃၵၢၼ်ႉ”
- Shan: “ၽႃၵၢၼ်ႉ၊ ၸႄႈဝဵင်း”
- Swedish: “Hpakant”
- Uzbek: “Hpakant Township”
- Vietnamese: “Thị trấn Phakant”
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