Kunlong
{{Short description|Town in Shan State, Myanmar}}
{{About|the Burmese town|the Chinese amphibious aircraft|AVIC AG600}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Kunlong
|native_name = ကွမ်းလုံမြို့
|pushpin_label_position = bottom
|pushpin_map = Burma
|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Burma
|image_skyline = File:Kunlong Cable Bridge.jpg
|image_caption = Kunlong suspension bridge
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{flag|Myanmar}}
|subdivision_type1 = Division
|subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Shan State}}
|subdivision_type2 = District
|subdivision_name2 = Lashio District
|subdivision_type3 = Township
|subdivision_name3 = Kunlong Township
|unit_pref = Imperial
|area_total_km2 = 0.971
|population = 5116
|population_as_of = 2019
|population_blank1 = {{hlist|Kokang|Wa}}
|population_blank1_title = Ethnicities
|population_density_km2 = auto
|coordinates = {{coord|23|25|00|N|98|39|00|E|region:MM|display=inline,title}}
|leader_title = Township Administrator
|elevation_ft = 1578.08
|elevation_m =
|timezone = MST
|utc_offset = +6.30
|website =
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Kunlong ({{langx|my|ကွမ်းလုံ}}) is the capital town of Kunlong Township in Shan State. its coordination is 23 25' 00" N and 98 39' 00" E.[http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-617759&fid=680&c=burma#MAP geographic.org]
The Wa people inhabit the hills immediately overlooking the Nam Ting valley. The town is divided into 6 wards.
History
It is the home of Kunlong Bridge over the Salween River. There was a 42 days-long battle between Burma Communist Party (BCP) and Myanmar Army from November 1971 to January 1972 to control that strategic bridge.[http://diamosports.com/leagues/nhl/wc/news/Battle-of-Kunlong.html Battle of Kunlong]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
On 9 November 2023, during Operation 1027, the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) was able to capture the town of Kunlong and its bridge during the ongoing civil war.{{Cite web |last=Agency |first=Yangon Khit Thit News |date=2023-11-09 |title=ကွမ်းလုံမြို့ကို ကိုးကန့် MNDAA က သိမ်းပိုက် နိုင်ခဲ့ပြီး ကွမ်းလုံတံတားနှင့် တာပါး တံတားကိုလည်း ထိန်းချုပ်ထား |url=https://yktnews.com/2023/11/130449/ |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=Khit Thit Media |language=en-US}}
Further reading
- [http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs6/MIMU001_A3_SD%20&%20Township%20Overview.pdf Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map]
References
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Category:Township capitals of Myanmar
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