Kaungton (; , ''Kwangtung'') is a village in
Bhamo Township
Bhamo Township () is a township of Bhamo District in the Kachin State
Kachin State (; Jingpho language, Kachin: ) is the northernmost administrative divisions of Myanmar, state of Myanmar. It is bordered by China to the north and east (Tibet A ...
in
Bhamo District
Bhamo District () is a Districts of Burma, district of the Kachin State in northern Myanmar. The capital is the city of Bhamo. The district covers an area of 10,742.9 km2. In 2002, the estimated population of Bhamo District was 363,300. in the
Kachin State
Kachin State (; Jingpho language, Kachin: ) is the northernmost administrative divisions of Myanmar, state of Myanmar. It is bordered by China to the north and east (Tibet Autonomous Region, Tibet and Yunnan, respectively), Shan State to the sou ...
of north-eastern
Burma
Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and ha ...
.
Etymology
Kaungton comes from the
Shan name ''Kwangtung'' (ၵႂၢင်တူင်ႈ), meaning "
Sambar's field".
[JG Scott (1900). Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan States. Pt. 2, Vol. 1, pp. 343-344]
References
External links
Satellite map at Maplandia.com
Populated places in Kachin State
Bhamo Township
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