Tawngpeng (''Loi Lung'' in Shan; ''Taungbaing'' in Burmese
) is a district in
Burma
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
. The capital of Tawngpeng is at
Namhsan
Namhsan ( my, နမ့်ဆန်မြို့; Palaung: Om-yar; ), also spelt Namh San, Namsan, or Nam San, is the capital of Tawngpeng District in northern Shan State of Myanmar (Burma). The town is a popular starting point for trekking t ...
.
Tawngpeng is a center for
tea
Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of '' Camellia sinensis'', an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of southwestern China and north ...
production in the Shan States.
History
Tawngpeng State
Tawngpeng (''Loi Lung'' in Shan) was a Shan state in what is today Myanmar. It belonged to the Northern Shan States.
The capital was Namhsan (Om-yar). History
The predecessor state was named Pappatasara. Not much is known about the history of th ...
was a
Palaung state in the
Northern Shan States prior to the de-recognition of independent Shan States by the military government of
Burma
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
in 1962.
References
Geography of Shan State
Shan States
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