Kunlong
| Kunlong | |
|---|---|
  Kunlong | |
| Coordinates: 23°25′00″N 98°39′00″E / 23.41667°N 98.65000°E | |
| Country | Burma |
| Division | Shan State |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Ethnicities | Shan, Wa |
| • Religions | Buddhism |
| Time zone | MST (UTC+6.30) |
Kunlong is the principal town of Kunlong Township in Shan State. its coordination is 23 25' 00" N and 98 39' 00" E.[1]
It is the home of KunLong Bridge over the Salween River. There was a 42 days-long battle between Burma Communist Party (BCP) and Myanmar Army from November 1971 to January 1972 to control that strategic bridge.[2]
Kunlong is the name of a district and ferry on the Salween, in the northern Kachin State of Burma. It is served by dugouts, three in number in 1899, and capable of carrying about fifteen men on a trip. Formerly trade was very considerable, and the Burmese had a customs on the island from which the place takes its name; but the rebellion in the great state of Theinni, and the southward movement of the Kachins, as well as the Muslim rebellion in Yunnan, diverted the caravans to the northern route to Bhamo, which is still chiefly followed. The Wa people inhabit the hills immediately overlooking the Nam Ting valley.
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press
