Kengtung Township

Kengtung Township is a township of in the of . The principal town is . It lies almost entirely east of the and its area is over 12,000 square miles.
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  • Type: Locality with 165,000 residents
  • Description: township in Shan State, Burma
  • Also known as: “Kengtung township”, “ကျိုင်းတုံ”, “チャイントン”, and “チャイントン郡区”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kengtung.

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Kengtung Township

Latitude
21.2399° or 21° 14′ 24″ north
Longitude
99.5934° or 99° 35′ 36″ east
Population
165,000
Elevation
3,583 feet (1,092 metres)
Open location code
7MHX6HQV+W9
Geo­Names ID
11154100
Wiki­data ID
Q15235512
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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Thai—“Kengtung Township” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “ကျိုင်းတုံမြို့နယ်”
  • Chinese: “景栋镇区”
  • Japanese: “ケンツン”
  • Japanese: “ケントゥン郡区”
  • Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻနယ်ႏကိင်ꩻတွုံ”
  • Portuguese: “Kengtung (município)”
  • Portuguese: “Kengtung”
  • Shan: “ၵဵင်းတုင်၊ ၸႄႈဝဵင်း”
  • Shan: “ၸႄႈဝဵင်းၵဵင်းတုင်”
  • Thai: “อำเภอเชียงตุง”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Wān Hpa-yang and Wān Nawngnūn.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Kengtung Airport and Loi Pè-lōng.

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