Kunlong Explained

Official Name:Kunlong
Native Name:ကွမ်းလုံမြို့
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map:Burma
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Burma
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Myanmar
Subdivision Type1:Division
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:[1]
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Density Km2:auto
Coordinates:23.4167°N 98.65°W
Leader Title:Township Administrator
Elevation Ft:1578.08
Timezone:MST
Utc Offset:+6.30

Kunlong (Burmese: ကွမ်းလုံ) is the capital town of Kunlong Township in Shan State. its coordination is 23 25' 00" N and 98 39' 00" E.[2]

The Wa people inhabit the hills immediately overlooking the Nam Ting valley. The town is divided into 6 wards.[1]

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.[3]

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.[4]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Myanmar Information Management Unit . 2019 . Kunlong Myone Daethasaingyarachatlatmya. my:ကွမ်းလုံမြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ. Kunlong Township Regional Information . my.
  2. http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-617759&fid=680&c=burma#MAP geographic.org
  3. http://diamosports.com/leagues/nhl/wc/news/Battle-of-Kunlong.html Battle of Kunlong
  4. Web site: Agency . Yangon Khit Thit News . 2023-11-09 . ကွမ်းလုံမြို့ကို ကိုးကန့် MNDAA က သိမ်းပိုက် နိုင်ခဲ့ပြီး ကွမ်းလုံတံတားနှင့် တာပါး တံတားကိုလည်း ထိန်းချုပ်ထား . 2023-11-09 . Khit Thit Media . en-US.