Kawnglanghpu

Kawnglanghpu
ခေါင်လန်ဖူးမြို့နယ်
Khaunglanhpu
Kawnglanghpu is located in Myanmar
Kawnglanghpu
Kawnglanghpu
Location in Burma
Coordinates: 27°03′37″N 98°21′37″E / 27.06028°N 98.36028°E / 27.06028; 98.36028
Country Myanmar
Division Kachin State
DistrictPutao District
TownshipKawnglanghpu Township[1]
Population
 • Total
450
Time zoneUTC+6.30 (MST)

Kawnglanghpu (Burmese: ခေါင်လန်ဖူးမြို့နယ်) is the third smallest town in Kachin State, Myanmar after Hsawlaw and Injangyang. It is also the eighth smallest municipality in the whole country. The placename is derived from the Rawang language words meaning "Kawnglang's village".[2]

The English botanist and plant collector Reginald Farrer was buried in the town in 1920.[3]

Geography

Kawnglangphu is located in far-north of Burma, Kachin State. The town population is 450 and surrounded by snow-capped mountains of Kachin State.

References

  1. ↑ "Place codes (Pcodes)". MIMU - Myanmar Information Management Unit. Retrieved 2026-05-24.
  2. ↑ KURABE, Keita (2021-09-27). "Oronyms in northern Burma: Asymmetry between highland and lowland place names". Studies in Geolinguistics. 1. doi:10.5281/ZENODO.5529169.
  3. ↑ According to Basil Morgan, he was buried at Kawngglanghpu, Basil Morgan, ‘Farrer, Reginald John (1880–1920)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2012 accessed 19 Dec 2016
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