Langhko Township

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Langhko Township

Langkho Township
Langkho tsp in Langkho district.svg
Location in Langkho district
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Location in Burma
Coordinates: 20°N98°E / 20°N 98°E / 20; 98 Coordinates: 20°N98°E / 20°N 98°E / 20; 98
Country Flag of Myanmar.svg  Burma
State Shan State
District Langkho District
Capital Langhko
Elevation
618 m (2,029 ft)
Time zone UTC+6.30 (MST)

Langhko Township or Langkho Township is a township of Langhko District in the Shan State of Burma.

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Geography

Most of the area is characterized by the forest-covered mountains of the Shan Hills which reach a height of 2,129 m (6,985 ft) at Loi Lan, a mountain rising at the southern end of the administrative area. [1]

The capital town is Langkho (Langhkö), located in the northern part. [2] The township borders with Mae Hong Son Province of Thailand in the south. [3]

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References

  1. GoogleEarth
  2. "Langhkö". Mapcarta. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  3. Shan State (South) Archived 2016-06-10 at the Wayback Machine