{{Infobox settlement |official_name = Matman |pushpin_map = |pushpin_label_position =left |pushpin_map_caption = |seat = Matman |seat_type = Capital |settlement_type = Township |image_skyline = |image_map = Matman tsp in Wa SAD.svg |map_caption = Matman Township in the Wa SAD |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Myanmar}} |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Shan State}} |subdivision_type2 = Self-Administered Division |subdivision_name2 = Wa |subdivision_type3 = Districts of Myanmar |subdivision_name3 = Matman District |unit_pref = Imperial |area_total_km2 = |population_as_of = |population_density_km2 = auto |coordinates = {{coord|21|57|0|N|98|52|0|E|region:MM|display=inline}} |timezone = MMT |utc_offset = +6:30 |elevation_footnotes = <ref>GoogleEarth</ref> |elevation_m = 1279 |elevation_ft = |website = |footnotes = }}
'''Matman Township''', also known as ''Metman Township'', is a township of the Wa Self-Administered Division of Shan State,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://themimu.info/State-Region/Shan/index.php?start=0&limit=20&mapcat=15 |title=Map of Shan State |access-date=2014-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314234621/http://themimu.info/State-Region/Shan/index.php?start=0&limit=20&mapcat=15 |archive-date=2012-03-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> formerly and conterminously part of Matman District. The capital of the township is Matman. ==History== Historically most of the area had been the mountainous and wooded northwestern end of Kengtung State.<ref name="DM">Donald M. Seekins, ''Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)'', p. 251</ref> Prior to 2011 the Township was carved out from parts of Hopang District and Kengtung District.<ref>[http://www.mrtv3.net.mm/newpaper/69newsn.pdf Page 10 Column 3]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==Further reading== * [http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs6/MIMU001_A3_SD%20&%20Township%20Overview.pdf Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20150921121612/http://www.themimu.info/sites/themimu.info/files/documents/Tsp_Map_VL_Matman_Shan_MIMU154v03_21Nov2013_A1.pdf Matman Township - Shan State - Mimu] ==References== {{Reflist}}
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