Kengtung ကျိုင်းတုံ
District
Kengtung Location in Burma
Coordinates:21°35′00″N99°35′00″E / 21.58333°N 99.58333°E /21.58333; 99.58333
Country	Burma
State	Shan State
Area
• Total	10,688 km2 (4,127 sq mi)
Elevation [1]	807 m (2,648 ft)
Population  (2014)[2]
• Total	366,861
• Density	34.325/km2 (88.90/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6:30 (MST)

Kengtung District (Burmese:ကျိုင်းတုံခရိုင်, also spelled Kengtong), is adistrict of theShan State inMyanmar. It consists of three towns and 1,449 villages.

The district contains the followingtownships:

• Kengtung Township, Kengtung is the largest, most mountainous, most easterly, and culturally the furthest from the Burmese, of all the Shan States. Geography makes approach to it from the rest of Burma difficult for it lies not only beyond the Salween across which no bridge has been built and whose eastern tributaries have cut no easy routes through the serried north-south ranges, but nearer again to theMekong than to theSalween.^[3]
• Mong Khet Township
• Mong Yang Township
• Mong La Township
• Mong Ping Township

The authority ofMatman (Maman) Township transferred from Kengtung District toHopang District after September 2011.^[4]

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