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Mantong Township

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Mantong
Location in Palaung SAZ and Kyaukme district (in red)
Location in Palaung SAZ and Kyaukme district (in red)
Mantong is located in Myanmar
Mantong
Mantong
Coordinates: 23°15′0″N 97°7′0″E / 23.25000°N 97.11667°E / 23.25000; 97.11667
Country Myanmar
State Shan State
Self-administered zonePa Laung (de jure)
Area
 • Total
975.75 sq mi (2,527.18 km2)
Elevation4,121 ft (1,256 m)
Population
 (2019)[2]
35,916
 • Ethnicities
 • Religions
Buddhism
Time zoneUTC+6:30 (MMT)

Mantong Township ((Burmese: မန်တုံမြို့နယ်); also known as Manton Township and Mantung Township) is a township of the Pa Laung Self-Administered Zone[3] in the Shan State of eastern Burma (Myanmar). The principal town and administrative seat is Mantong (Manton).

Prior to August 2010, Kyaukme District included both Mantong Township and Namhsan Township; and both of them were transferred that month to the newly created Pa Laung Self-Administered Zone.[3][4]

It was reported that the town was captured by the Ta’ang National Liberation Army on 23 December 2023[5]

References

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  1. ^ GoogleEarth
  2. ^ Myanmar Information Management Unit (September 2019). Manton Myone Daethasaingyarachatlatmya မန်တုံမြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ [Mantong Township Regional Information] (PDF) (Report). MIMU. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  3. ^ a b "The Union of Myanmar, The State Peace and Development Council, Notification No. 33/2010, 20 August 2010" English translation
  4. ^ "Map of Shan State" Myanmar's NET, showing district boundaries, last accessed 21 November 2010
  5. ^ "Deadly Junta Shelling Forces Mass Exodus From Myanmar's Historic Mrauk-U, Rakhine". Irrawaddy. 25 December 2023.