Kunlong
ကွမ်းလုံမြို့ | |
|---|---|
 Kunlong suspension bridge | |
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 |
| District | Lashio District |
| Township | Kunlong Township |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.375 sq mi (0.971 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,578.08 ft (481.00 m) |
| Population (2019)1 | |
• Total | 5,116 |
| • Density | 13,600/sq mi (5,270/km2) |
| • Ethnicities | |
| Time zone | UTC+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
References
References
- Myanmar Information Management Unit (2019). Kunlong Myone Daethasaingyarachatlatmya ကွမ်းလုံမြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ [Kunlong Township Regional Information] (PDF) (Report) (in Burmese).
- geographic.org
- Battle of Kunlong
- 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.