Nanhkan Township

Nanhkan Township aka NamHkam Township is a township of Mu Se District in the Shan State of eastern Burma. The principal town is Namhkam. It is not a big city. Nice place to live. Just a few miles away from Mu Se.

Shan and Kachin are majority in that area. There are Palaung Villages in NamHkam Township.^[1]

According to a survey conducted in 16 villages, poppy cultivation increased from 812 acres (328 hectares) to 1535 acres (617 hectares) within 2006-7 season and 2008-9 season.^[2]

Shan State Army-North (SSA-N) and Shan State National Army (SSNA) are active in that area.^[3] Pansay Militia is one of eight influential militia groups.^[4] Kyaw Myint, head of Pansay Militia, is selected as a USDP candidate of NamHkam for Shan State Hluttaw.^[5][6]

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