Kani Township ( my, ကနီမြို့နယ်) is a township in
Yinmabin District
Yinmabin District ( my, ယင်းမာပင်ခရိုင်) is a newly created district in southern Sagaing Division, Burma (Myanmar); which was formerly part of Monywa District. Its administrative center is the city of Yinmabin.
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Sagaing Region
Sagaing Region ( my, စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Sagaing Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar, located in the north-western part of the country between latitude 21° 30' north and lon ...
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Myanmar
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Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU) The principal town is
Kani
KANI (1500 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Gospel format. Licensed to Wharton, Texas, United States, it serves the Houston, Texas area. The station is currently owned by Martin Broadcasting.
History
KANI was first proposed, and a constr ...
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Natural
spirulina is available from Twinma and Taung Pauk but their combined yield was a lot less than the yield of Twintaung of
Budalin Township
Budalin Township is a township in Monywa District in the Sagaing Division of Myanmar. .
2021 unrest
In December 2021,
BBC News
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reported the
Myanmar military
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carried out four mass killings in July 2021 as part of the unrest following the country's
2021 coup d'etat.
The BBC's investigation, which characterized Kani Township as "an opposition stronghold", interviewed 11 alleged witnesses to the killings, and compared them to cell phone videos and photographs collected by Myanmar Witness, a
UK-based
NGO
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The investigation concluded that over 40 people in Kani Township were killed by the military, including at least 14 in one killing in the village of Yin.
References
External links
Maplandia World Gazetteer- map showing the township boundary
Townships of Sagaing Region
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