Pangkham

Pangkham

*Pang Kham* • ဝဵင်းပၢင်သၢင်း • 邦康
Panghsang
Pangkham Pang Kham • ဝဵင်းပၢင်သၢင်း • 邦康 Panghsang
	Pangkham Location in Myanmar
	Coordinates: 22°10′N 99°11′E / 22.167°N 99.183°E
Country	Myanmar
Division	Wa State (de facto); Shan State (de jure)
Self-Administered Division (de jure)	Wa Self-Administered Division (de jure)
Special Township (de facto); Township (de jure)	Bangkum Special Township (de facto); Pangsang Township (de jure)
Population (2002)
• Total	15,000
• Ethnicities	Wa Shan Han Chinese
Time zone	UTC+6.30 (MMT)

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Pangkham (Burmese: ပန်ခမ်းမြို့, MLCTS: pan kham: mrui.; Chinese: 邦康; pinyin: Bāngkāng; Parauk: Pang Kham), known before 1999 as Panghsang (Parauk: Pang Sang, Chinese: 邦桑; pinyin: Bāngsāng; Wade–Giles: Pang¹-sang¹), is a border town in Myanmar's far eastern Shan State. It is situated at a bend on the Hka River near the border with Yunnan Province, China, opposite of the town of Menglian. Pangkham is the main town of Pangsang Township of Matman District of Shan State.

It has hotels, shops, a supermarket, karaoke bars, a bowling alley, and a 24-hour casino. There is a thriving night life centered on the casino. Food in Pangkham is mostly imported from China. The cars, mainly Land Rovers, Land Cruisers and foreign pick-ups, have been smuggled in from Thailand.