Kunma

Kunma Dāoh Mīe
Kunma Location in Myanmar (Burma)
Coordinates: 22°58′44″N 99°27′36″E / 22.979°N 99.46°E / 22.979; 99.46Coordinates: 22°58′44″N 99°27′36″E / 22.979°N 99.46°E / 22.979; 99.46
Country	Myanmar
Division	Wa SAD (de jure) Wa State (de facto)
Township (de jure) County (de facto)	Mong Maoe
Time zone	UTC+6.30 (MMT)

Kunma (Chinese transcription of Dai: 昆马), known in Wa as Dāoh Mīe (lit. "source of the Mīe River"; Mandarin: 格迈) and in Burmese as Hkun Mar (ခွန်းမား), is a town in the Wa Self-Administered Division, Shan State, Myanmar. It is de facto administered by Wa State.

The town has a diverse population of Bamar, Kokang, Panthay and Wa residents.^{[citation needed]}

Administration[]

Under the Wa State, Myanmar, the Dāoh Mīe District is subdivided into

• Dāoh Mīe Township (Wa: ndaex eeng Dāoh Mīe; Mandarin: 昆马乡，"到蔑"),
• Dāoh Saoh Township,
• Man Raix Township,
• Mān Rāi Township,
• Yaong Hlai Township,
• Mgōng Gouih Township,
• Yaong Dīng Township,
• Yaong Dū Township,
• Dongxing (Dōung Sing) Township, and
• Yaong Noung Township

All above names except for Dongxing are in the Wa language.

Under the Tatmadaw, Kunma has town (မြို့) status.

Notable people[]

• Bao Youxiang, commander-in-chief of the United Wa State Army^[1]

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