Coordinates: 20°53′20″N 97°44′10″E / 20.88889°N 97.73611°E / 20.88889; 97.73611

Nansang Township

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Nansang
ၸႄႈဝဵင်းၼမ်ႉၸၢင်
နမ့်စန်မြို့နယ်
Location in Loilem district
Location in Loilem district
Nansang is located in Myanmar
Nansang
Nansang
Location in Myanmar
Coordinates: 20°53′20″N 97°44′10″E / 20.88889°N 97.73611°E / 20.88889; 97.73611
Country Myanmar
State Shan State
DistrictNansang District
Area
 • Total2.09 sq mi (5.4 km2)
Elevation3,255 ft (992 m)
Population
 (2019)[2]
 • Total119,931
 • Density57,000/sq mi (22,000/km2)
 • Ethnicities
 • Religions
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]

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References

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  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.