Kawkareik Township

Township in Karen State, Myanmar
Kawkareik Township
ကော့ကရိတ်မြို့နယ်
ကီၢ်ကရံၣ်ကီၢ်ဆၣ်
Township
Location in Kawkareik district (in red)
Location in Kawkareik district (in red)
Country Myanmar
StateKaren State
DistrictKawkareik District
CapitalKawkareik
Area
 • Total932 sq mi (2,413 km2)
Elevation
55 ft (17 m)
Population
 (2019)[1]
291,941
 • Ethnicities
  • Karen
  • Mon
  • Bamar
 • Religions
  • Buddhism
  • Christianity
Time zoneUTC+6:30 (MST)

Kawkareik Township (Phlone ကောဝ်တြာ်ကၞင့်; Burmese: ကော့ကရိတ်မြို့နယ်, Burmese pronunciation: [kɔ̰kəɹeɪʔ mjo̰nɛ̀]; S'gaw Karen: ကီၢ်ကရံၣ်ကီၢ်ဆၣ်) is a township of Kawkareik District in the Karen State of Myanmar. The principal town is Kawkareik. Kawkareik township is the second most populated township in Karen State[2] and there are many small villages inside.

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.

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


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