Kengtung Township (; also spelled
Kyaingtong, Kengtong, or
Mueang Chiang Tung) is a
township of
Kengtung District in the
Shan State of
Myanmar. The principal town is
Kengtung. It lies almost entirely east of the
Salween River and its area is over . It is bounded on the north by the states of
Mang Lon,
Mong Lem and
Keng Hung (Hsip Hsawng Pannh); east by the
Mekong River, south by the Siamese Shan States, and west in a general way by the Salween River, though it overlaps it in some places. The state is known to the Chinese as Mhng Khng, and was frequently called by the Burmese the 32 cities of the Gn (HkOn). The classical name of the state is Khemarata or Khemarata Tungkapuri.