Tangyan Township
Tangyan Township is a township of Tangyan District in northern Shan State of eastern Burma. The principal town is Tangyan. Tangyan emerged as an important centre for Panthay people in the mid-20th century, especially after the destruction of Panglong during World War II.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 128,000 residents
- Description: township in Shan State, Burma
- Also known as: “Tangyan township”
Tangyan Township
- Category: township of Myanmar
- Location: Lashio District, Shan State, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Swedish—“Tangyan Township” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “တန့်ယန်း”
- Burmese: “တန့်ယန်းမြို့နယ်”
- Chinese: “当阳镇区”
- Japanese: “タンヤン郡区”
- Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻနယ်ႏတန်းယန်း”
- Portuguese: “Tangyan (município)”
- Portuguese: “Tangyan”
- Shan: “ၸႄႈဝဵင်းတၢင်ႉယၢၼ်း”
- Shan: “တၢင်ႉယၢၼ်း”
- Swedish: “Tangyan”
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