21-23 October 2006
Kengtong (also spelled Cheingtung, Chiang Tung, Kyaingtong and Kengtung)is a small city of shan state in myanmar 160km from thailand via mae sai border


It was founded by King Mangrai. This migration of the Chiangmai dynasty, made in the 13th century with the idea of founding a new kingdom which called Lannathai in Chiang Mai, has resulted in Kengtong having a different type of Tai population from the rest the Shan State.

The city hosted the headquarters of the Thai Phayap Army, which had occupied the Shan States, during the Second World War.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kengtong