Mong Khet Township
Mong Khet Township
ၸႄႈဝဵင်းမိူင်းၶၢၵ်ႇ မိုင်းခတ်မြို့နယ် | |
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| File:Local bazaar outside of Mongkhet Myoma Market in one early morning of December.jpg | |
| Location in Kengtung district Location in Kengtung district | |
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| Country | File:Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar |
| State | File:Flag of Shan State.svg Shan State |
| District | Kengtong District |
| Capital | Mong Khet |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,513 km2 (970 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,022 m (3,353 ft) |
| Population (2014)[2] | |
• Total | 44,528 |
| • Density | 17.718/km2 (45.89/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+6.30 (MST) |
Mong Khet Township (also Mongkhat Township, Shan: ၸႄႈဝဵင်းမိူင်းၶၢၵ်ႇ) [3] is a township of Kengtong District in the Shan State of Myanmar. The principal town and administrative center is Mong Khet. In 2015, Mong Khet was calculated to be the center of the Valeriepieris circle, a figure drawn on the Earth's surface such that the majority of the human population lives within its interior.[4]
Communities
[edit | edit source]Among the many small towns and villages, in addition to the town of Mong Khet, the following communities are local centers: Wan Namtawnkang, Wan La, Wan Singpyin, Wan Hsi-hsaw, Wan Pang-yao, Wan Ho-hkü, Wan Kawnhawng, Wan Ho-nawng, and Ta-pom.
Valeriepieris circle
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The Valeriepieris circle is circle drawn on the earth that contains more humans within it than outside of it.[5] The original circle of 8,000 km (5,000 mi) diameter was originally devised by Ken Myers in 2013, before being later refined to 6,600 kilometers (4,100 mi) by Singaporean economics professor Danny Quah, with Mong Khet identified as the epicentre.[4] The Myers circle was further formalised in 2025 and generalised to other applications.[6]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ GoogleEarth
- ^ Myanmar City Population
- ^ Township 220 on "Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map" Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU), December 2007
- ^ a b The world’s tightest cluster of people Archived 2023-06-04 at the Wayback Machine, Danny Quah, London School of Economics and Political Science
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External links
[edit | edit source]- "Mongkhak Google Satellite Map" Maplandia World Gazetteer
