Lashio District

Lashio District (Burmese: လားရှိုးခရိုင်) is a district of northern Shan State in Myanmar with three townships. Its capital is the north Shan State capital of Lashio.

Lashio လားရှိုးခရိုင်
District
Location in Shan State
Coordinates: 22°55′00″N 97°44′00″E
Country	Myanmar
State	Shan State
Capital	Lashio
Elevation [1]	864 m (2,835 ft)
Time zone	UTC+6.30 (MST)

Townships

Townships of Lashio district

  Hseni

  Kunlong

  Lashio

The district contains three township:

• Lashio Township
• Hsenwi Township
• Kunlong Township (formerly part of Kunlong District)

In 2022, the Ministry of Home Affairs split off two townships (Tangyan Township and Mongyai Township) to form the new Tangyan District.^[2][3]

Prior to 2011, Lashio District also included the following townships, which became now part of Hopang District. Therefore, they are no longer part of Lashio District since September 2011.^[4]

• Mongmao Township
• Namphan Township also spelled as Naphan Township
• Pangsang Township also spelled as Panhkam Township
• Pangwaun Township also spelled as Panwai Township

It consisted of four towns and 2431 villages in 2001.