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Kengtung (Shan: ; , ; (タイ語:เชียงตุง), , ; also spelled Kyaingtong, Chiang Tung, Cheingtung, and Kengtong) is a town in Shan State, Burma. It is the principal town of Kengtung Township. Kengtung is located on the National Highway 4 (NH4) and at the AH2 and AH3 of the Asian Highway. The city is served by Kengtung Airport and it is home to the Kyaingtong Degree College. Formerly located at the crossroads of the trade between China and Siam, Kengtung lost its importance owing to the international isolation of the military-ruled Burmese state. ==History== (詳細はoral tradition of the Wa people says that the ancient city of Kengtung was founded in the distant past by them as the original inhabitants of the region,〔(M. Fiskesjo, ''On the Ethnoarchaeology of Fortified Settlements in the Northern part of Mainland Southeast Asia'' )〕 and was later reestablished by the grandson of King Mangrai after defeating the Wa.〔(History )〕 This migration of the Chiang Mai dynasty in the 13th century, with the founding a new kingdom which was later named Lanna, has resulted in Kengtung having a different type of Tai population from the rest of the Shan State, the Tai Khün. Kengtung, like other major towns in the Shan Plateau, was home to a Shan Saopha (Sawbwa). Kengtung was the capital of the Kengtung State, and had a palace, built by Sao Kawng Kiao Intaleng in 1905. The city was occupied by the Thai Phayap Army from 1942 until the end of the Second World War and became the headquarters of the Saharat Thai Doem territory.〔(Shan and Karenni States of Burma )〕 After the independence of Burma Kengtung suffered heavily from insurgency and military rule, followed by heavy cultural Burmanization. The headquarters of the regional military command of the Tatmadaw is in the town.〔Donald M. Seekins, ''Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)'', p. 251〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kengtung」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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