Panlong Subtownship

This article is about the township in the Wa Self-Administered Division. For its capital, see Pan Lon. For the town in Southern Shan State, see Panglong, Southern Shan State. For the mining town, see Panglong, Northern Shan State.
Panlong
Pan Lon, Panglong, Pang Long
Subtownship
Panlong Subtownship is located in Myanmar
Panlong Subtownship
Coordinates: 23°15′23″N 98°47′8″E / 23.25639°N 98.78556°E / 23.25639; 98.78556
Country Burma
StateShan State
Self-Administered DivisionWa
CapitalPan Lon
Elevation
[1]
4,738 ft (1,444 m)
Time zoneUTC+6:30 (MMT)
Pang Long (Panlong) in an early 20th century Imperial Gazetteer of India map section showing the Wa States. Note the border with China marked with a discontinuous darker pink line —unlike Kengtung State to the south and North Hsenwi to the north.

Panlong Subtownship is a subtownship of the Wa Self-Administered Division of Shan State,[2] formerly and conterminously part of Hopang District.

Its main town and capital is Pan Lon, also known as Panlong and Pang Long, which was settled in the 19th century by Panthay people, mainly followers of Du Wenxiu, who had found refuge in the Wa States after having suffered persecution in China. The refugees were allowed to reside in the town by paying a tribute to the local Wa saopha.

  1. ^ GoogleEarth
  2. ^ Map of Shan State Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine