Kengtung: Difference between revisions

| name = Kengtung

| other_name = Kyaingtong

| settlement_type = Town

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| image_caption = The ''Sawbwa'' Palace, a historic landmark, was destroyed in November 9, 1991 by the Burmese= government.

| pushpin_map = Myanmar

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Myanmar

| coordinates = {{coord|21|17|30|N|99|36|30|E|region:MM|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Myanmar}}

| subdivision_type1 = [[Administrative divisions of Myanmar|RegionState]]

| subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Myanmar|District]]

| subdivision_type3 = [[Townships of Myanmar|Township]]

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| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Shan State}}

| subdivision_name2 = [[Kengtung District]]

| subdivision_name3 = [[Kengtung Township]]

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| area_total_km2 = 3,506

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| population_total = 171,620

| population_as_of = 2014

| population_footnotes = <ref>[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/myanmar-admin.php?adm1id=1311 Myanmar City Population]</ref>

| population_density_km2 = 48.955

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| timezone = = [[Myanmar Standard Time|MMT]]

| utc_offset = +6.30

'''Kengtung''' ([[Shan{{langx|shn|ဝဵင်းၵဵင်းတုင်}} language{{IPA-shn|Shan]]:weŋ˥ keŋ˥ tuŋ˨˦|}}, {{mylangx|ၵဵင်းတုင်th|เชียงตุง}};), also spelt '''Kyaingtong''' ({{MYname|MY=ကျိုင်းတုံမြို့|MLCTS=kyuing: tum mrui.}},[[Tai; lue language]]{{IPA-my|tɕáɪɴtòʊɴtɕáɪɰ̃ tòʊɰ̃ mjo̰|pron}}; {{lang-th|เชียงตุง}}), {{RTGS|classical name ''Chiang Tung'Tungapuri'''}}, <ref>{{IPA-thcite book |t͡ɕʰīa̯ŋlast1=Mangrai tūŋ|pron}};first1=Sao alsoSaimong spelled|title=The Padaeng '''Kyaingtong''',Chronicle '''Chiangand Tung''',the '''Cheingtung''',Jengtung State Chronicle Translated |date=2002 |publisher=University of Michigan Centers for South and '''Kengtong''')Southeast Asian Studies |location=Ann Arbor |isbn=0-89148-087-0 |page=3 |author-link=Sao Saimong}}</ref> is a town in [[Shan State]], [[Myanmar]] (formerly Burma). It is the principal town of [[Kengtung Township]] and the former seat of [[Kengtung State]], a minor principality. Kengtung is located on the [[National Highway 4 (Burma)|National Highway 4]] (NH4) and at the [[AH2]] and [[AH3]] of the [[Asian Highway]].

[[File:Kyaingtong ishiganto2.jpg|left|thumb|Kengtung town shop|250px]]

The early history of Kengtung is made up of myths and legends. The [[oral tradition]] of the [[WaTai people]] says that the ancient city of Kengtung was founded in the distant past by themTai Lue as the original inhabitants of the region,<ref>[https://newdoc.nccu.edu.tw/teasyllabus/113721265905/Fiskesjo%20on%20Fortified%20Villages.pdf M. Fiskesjo, ''On the Ethnoarchaeology of Fortified Settlements in the Northern part of Mainland Southeast Asia'']</ref> and was later reestablished by the grandson of King [[Mangrai]] after defeating the WaTai Lue.<ref>[https://www.docstoc.com/docs/30987758/%E2%80%9CLua-Leading-Dogs_-Toting-Chaek_-Carrying-Chickens%E2%80%9D-Some-Comments History]</ref> This migration of the [[Chiang Mai]] dynasty in the 13th century, with the founding a new kingdom which was later named [[Lanna]], has resulted in Kengtung having a different type of Tai population from the rest of the [[Shan State]], the [[Tai Khün]].

Kengtung, like other major towns in the Shan Plateau, was home to a Shan [[Saopha]] (Sawbwa). Kengtung was the capital of the [[Kengtung State]],. andIn had a palace1905, built by [[Sao Kawng Kiao Intaleng]] inbuilt 1905the [[Kengtung Palace]].

The city was seized and occupied by the Thai [[Phayap Army]] from 1942 until the end of the [[Second World War]] and became the headquarters of the [[Saharat Thai Doem]] territory.<ref>[https://www.worldstatesmen.org/Myanmar_shankaren.html Shan and Karenni States of Burma]</ref>Now, theThe headquarters of the regional military command of the [[Tatmadaw]] is in the town.<ref>Donald M. Seekins, ''Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)'', p. 251</ref>

|JanFeb precipitationhigh mmC = 3 29.24

|FebMar precipitationhigh mmC = 4 31.79

|MarApr precipitationhigh mmC = 7 33.16

|AprMay precipitationhigh mmC = 41 32.94

|MayJun precipitationhigh mmC = 168 31.41

|JunJul precipitationhigh mmC = 163 29.68

|JulAug precipitationhigh mmC = 158 29.17

|AugSep precipitationhigh mmC = 253 29.28

|SepOct precipitationhigh mmC = 293 29.40

|OctNov precipitationhigh mmC = 184 27.08

|NovDec precipitationhigh mmC = 60 25.65

|Dec precipitationyear mmhigh C = 8 29.17

|May languagemean C = English 26.2

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* KyaingKeng TongTung University

* [[Keng Tung Technological University, Kyaingtong]]

* KyaingKeng TongTung General Hospital

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