Nansang Township
Nansang
ၸႄႈဝဵင်းၼမ်ႉၸၢင် နမ့်စန်မြို့နယ် | |
|---|---|
 Location in Loilem district | |
  Nansang Location in Myanmar | |
| Coordinates: 20°53′20″N 97°44′10″E / 20.88889°N 97.73611°E | |
| Country |  Myanmar |
| State |  Shan State |
| District | Nansang District |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.09 sq mi (5.4 km2) |
| Elevation | 3,255 ft (992 m) |
| Population (2019)[2] | |
• Total | 119,931 |
| • Density | 57,000/sq mi (22,000/km2) |
| • Ethnicities | |
| • Religions | |
| Time zone | UTC+6.30 (MMT) |
Nansang or Namsang Township (Burmese: နမ့်စန်မြို့နယ်) is a township of Loilen District in the Shan State of Myanmar. The principal town is Nansang.[3] The township has two towns with 11 urban wards in total between them as well as 20 village tracts grouping 196 villages.[2]
On April 30, 2022, new districts were expanded across the country. Nansang Township was separated from Loilem District and put into the new Nansang District along with various other townships.[4]
The townships is relatively diverse, with the Shan people making up the largest plurality at only 39.89% of the population in 2019, followed by Bamar and Pa-O people at 15.3 and 12.15% each respectively.[2]
See Also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ GoogleEarth
- ^ a b c Myanmar Information Management Unit (September 2019). Nansan Myone Daethasaingyarachatlatmya နမ့်စန်မြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ [Nansang Township Regional Information] (PDF) (Report). MIMU. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
- ^ နမ့်စန်မြို့နယ် - Shan State Government Office
- ^ "နေပြည်တော်၊ တိုင်းဒေသကြီးနှင့် ပြည်နယ်များတွင် ခရိုင် ၄၆ ခရိုင် အသစ်တိုးချဲ့ဖွဲ့စည်းသည့်အတွက် စုစုပေါင်းခရိုင် ၁၂၁ ခရိုင်ရှိလာ". Eleven Media Group Co., Ltd. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
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