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Kunlong

This article is about the Burmese town. For the Chinese amphibious aircraft, see AVIC AG600.
Kunlong
ကွမ်းလုံမြို့
Kunlong suspension bridge
Kunlong suspension bridge
Kunlong is located in Myanmar
Kunlong
Kunlong
Location in Burma
Coordinates: 23°25′00″N 98°39′00″E / 23.41667°N 98.65000°E / 23.41667; 98.65000
Country Myanmar
Division Shan State
DistrictLashio District
TownshipKunlong Township
Area
 • Total0.375 sq mi (0.971 km2)
Elevation
1,578.08 ft (481.00 m)
Population
 (2019)[1]
5,116
 • Ethnicities
Time zoneUTC+6.30 (MST)

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

References

  1. ^ a b Myanmar Information Management Unit (2019). Kunlong Myone Daethasaingyarachatlatmya ကွမ်းလုံမြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ [Kunlong Township Regional Information] (PDF) (Report) (in Burmese).
  2. ^ geographic.org
  3. ^ Battle of Kunlong[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Agency, Yangon Khit Thit News (2023-11-09). "ကွမ်းလုံမြို့ကို ကိုးကန့် MNDAA က သိမ်းပိုက် နိုင်ခဲ့ပြီး ကွမ်းလုံတံတားနှင့် တာပါး တံတားကိုလည်း ထိန်းချုပ်ထား". Khit Thit Media. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
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