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Kawkareik Township

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Kawkareik Township
Kawkareik Township
Burmese: ကော့ကရိတ်မြို့နယ်
S'gaw Karen: ကီၢ်ကရံၣ်ကီၢ်ဆၣ်
Township
Location in Karen State (in red)
Location in Karen State (in red)
CountryMyanmar
StateKaren State
DistrictKawkareik District
CapitalKawkareik
Area
 • Total
932 sq mi (2,413 km2)
Elevation
55 ft (17 m)
Population
 (2019)[1]
291,941
 • Ethnicities
 • Religions
Time zoneUTC+6:30 (MST)

Kawkareik Township (Pwo Eastern Karen: ကောဝ်တြာ်ကၞင့်; Burmese: ကော့ကရိတ်မြို့နယ်, Burmese pronunciation: [kɔ̰kəɹeɪʔ mjo̰nɛ̀]; S'gaw Karen: ကီၢ်ကရံၣ်ကီၢ်ဆၣ်) is the only township of Kawkareik District in the Karen State of Myanmar (Burma). The principal town is Kawkareik. Kawkareik township is the second most populated township in Karen State[2] and there are many small villages inside. In 2022, the Ministry of Home Affairs split up Kawkareik District, leaving the township as the only township of the district.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Myanmar Information Management Unit (December 2019). Kawkareik Myone Daethasaingyarachatlatmya ကော့ကရိတ်မြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ [Kawkareik Township Regional Information] (PDF) (Report). MIMU. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  2. ↑ Census Report. The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census. Vol. 2. Naypyidaw: Ministry of Immigration and Population. May 2015. p. 51.
  3. ↑ "Expansion and Amendment of districts in Bago Region". 30 April 2022.
  4. ↑ "Expansion of new districts in Nay Pyi Taw, regions and states". 2 May 2022.

16°33′00″N 98°14′00″E / 16.5500°N 98.2333°E / 16.5500; 98.2333


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