Nansang Township

Township in Shan State, Myanmar
Nansang
ၸႄႈဝဵင်းၼမ်ႉၸၢင်
နမ့်စန်မြို့နယ်
Township
Location in Loilem district
Location in Loilem district
  • Shan
  • Bamar
  • Pa-O
  • Yin
  • Palaung
  • Lahu
  • Kokang
  • Lisu
  • Myaungzi
 • Religions
  • Buddhism
  • Christianity
  • Islam
Time zoneUTC+6.30 (MMT)

Nansang or Namsang Township (Burmese: နမ့်စန်မြို့နယ်) is a township of Loilen District in the Shan State of Myanmar. The principal town is Nansang.[3] The township has two towns with 11 urban wards in total between them as well as 20 village tracts grouping 196 villages.[2]

On April 30, 2022, new districts were expanded across the country. Nansang Township was separated from Loilem District and put into the new Nansang District along with various other townships.[4]

The townships is relatively diverse, with the Shan people making up the largest plurality at only 39.89% of the population in 2019, followed by Bamar and Pa-O people at 15.3 and 12.15% each respectively.[2]

See Also

References

  1. ^ GoogleEarth
  2. ^ a b c Myanmar Information Management Unit (September 2019). Nansan Myone Daethasaingyarachatlatmya နမ့်စန်မြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ [Nansang Township Regional Information] (PDF) (Report). MIMU. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
  3. ^ နမ့်စန်မြို့နယ် - Shan State Government Office
  4. ^ "နေပြည်တော်၊ တိုင်းဒေသကြီးနှင့် ပြည်နယ်များတွင် ခရိုင် ၄၆ ခရိုင် အသစ်တိုးချဲ့ဖွဲ့စည်းသည့်အတွက် စုစုပေါင်းခရိုင် ၁၂၁ ခရိုင်ရှိလာ". Eleven Media Group Co., Ltd. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
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Capital: Taunggyi
East Shan State
Kengtung District
Mong Hpayak District
Mong Hsat District
Tachileik District

North Shan State
Kyaukme District
Lashio District
Laukkaing District
see Kokang Self-Administered Zone
Mu Se District
Hopang District
see Wa Self-Administered Division
Matman District
see Wa Self-Administered Division
Mongmit District
Kokang Self-Administered Zone
Pa Laung Self-Administered Zone1
Wa Self-Administered Division
South Shan State
Langkho District
Loilen District
Taunggyi District
Danu Self-Administered Zone
Pa-O Self-Administered Zone
Main cities and towns
1 - also part of Kyaukme District; 2 - also part of Hopang District; 3 - also part of Matman District


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