Mong Khet Township

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Mong Khet Township (also Mongkhat Township, ) is a township of Kengtong District in the Shan State of Myanmar. The principal town and administrative center is Mong Khet. It has been calculated to be the center of the Valeriepieris circle.

Communities

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.

Mong Khet Circle

The Mong Khet Circle is a 6600 km diameter circle that as of 2017 contains more humans within it than outside of it, placed over east Asia, with its epicenter over Mong Khet. An original circle of 8000 km diameter was originally devised by Ken Myers in 2013, before being later refined to 6600 km by economics professor Danny Quah, with Mong Khet being identified as the centre.

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