Mantong Township Explained

Official Name:Mantong
Pushpin Map:Burma
Pushpin Label Position:left
Settlement Type:Township
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Myanmar
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:Self-administered zone
Subdivision Name2:Pa Laung (de jure)
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:2527.18
Population:35916
Population As Of:2019
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2:Buddhism
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Population Density Km2:auto
Coordinates:23.25°N 97.1167°W
Timezone:MMT
Utc Offset:+6:30
Elevation Footnotes:[2]
Elevation M:1256

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.[4] [5]

It was reported that the town was captured by the Ta’ang National Liberation Army on 23 December 2023[6]

Notes and References

  1. Myanmar Information Management Unit . September 2019 . Manton Myone Daethasaingyarachatlatmya. my:မန်တုံမြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ. Mantong Township Regional Information . MIMU . 17 October 2023.
  2. [GoogleEarth]
  3. http://myanmargeneva.org/10nlm/aug/n100821.htm "The Union of Myanmar, The State Peace and Development Council, Notification No. 33/2010, 20 August 2010"
  4. http://myanmargeneva.org/10nlm/aug/n100821.htm "The Union of Myanmar, The State Peace and Development Council, Notification No. 33/2010, 20 August 2010"
  5. http://www.myanmars.net/myanmar-map/shan.jpg "Map of Shan State"
  6. News: 25 December 2023 . Deadly Junta Shelling Forces Mass Exodus From Myanmar’s Historic Mrauk-U, Rakhine . Irrawaddy .