Mantong Township

Mantong Township ((Burmese: မန်တုံမြို့နယ်); also known as Manton Township and Mantung Township) is a township of the Pa Laung Self-Administered Zone^[3] in the Shan State of eastern Myanmar. The principal town and administrative seat is Mantong.

Mantong
Township
Location in Palaung SAZ (in red)
Mantong
Coordinates: 23°15′0″N 97°7′0″E
Country	Myanmar
State	Shan State
Self-administered zone	Pa Laung (de jure)
Area
• Total	975.75 sq mi (2,527.18 km2)
Elevation [1]	4,121 ft (1,256 m)
Population  (2019)[2]	35,916
• Ethnicities	Palaung Kachin
• Religions	Buddhism
Time zone	UTC+6:30 (MMT)

Prior to August 2010, Kyaukme District included both Mantong Township and Namhsan Township; and both of them were transferred that month to the newly created Pa Laung Self-Administered Zone.^[3][4]

It was reported that the town was captured by the Ta’ang National Liberation Army on 23 December 2023^[5]