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_footnotes = {{cite report |author=Myanmar Information Management Unit |date=2019 |title=Kunlong Myone Daethasaingyarachatlatmya|script-title=my:ကွမ်းလုံမြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ|trans-title=Kunlong Township Regional Information |url=https://themimu.info/sites/themimu.info/files/documents/TspProfiles_GAD_Kunlong_2019_MMR.pdf |language=my}}

|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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