Kawa ( my, ကဝမြို့; mnw, ဍုင်ကဝ) is a town located in the

Bago Region Bago Region ( my, ပဲခူးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Pegu Division and Bago Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar, located in the southern central part of the country. It is bordered by Magway Region ...

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(previously known as Burma). It is part of the

Bago District Bago District ( my, ပဲခူးခရိုင်) is a district of the Bago Region in central Burma (Myanmar). The region's capital, Bago, is located in the district. Bago District is bordered by Mon State to the southeast, Kayin State to the ...

and is located on the eastern bank of the

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south of

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. Kawa is the administrative seat of the

Kawa Township Kawa Township ( my, ကဝမြို့နယ်). is a township in Bago District in the Bago Region of Myanmar.Mon Mon, MON or Mon. may refer to: Places * Mon State, a subdivision of Myanmar * Mon, India, a town in Nagaland * Mon district, Nagaland * Mon, Raebareli, a village in Uttar Pradesh, India * Mon, Switzerland, a village in the Canton of Grisons * An ...

origin; Kawa (ကဝ) means "Lin Myee Swe" bird (

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). The village was formed near the region where the bird lived, and the village soon became known as Kawa.

Transportation

Htone Gyi Station, which is on the

Yangon Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government ...

Railway, is about from Kawa, and is reached by an asphalt road that crosses the Bago River over the Bago River Crossing Bridge (Kawa). Kawa is also accessible by road, on the Intagaw-Htone Gyi-Kawa Road or the Yangon-Bago Highway.

Bago River Crossing Bridge

The Bago River Crossing Bridge (Kawa) is a bridge that crosses the

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. Kawa was formerly adjacent to

but was difficult to access by road. Formerly, to get to Yangon from Kawa, the Bago River needed to be crossed by boat. Now, the Bago River Crossing Bridge (Kawa) has been completed. The bridge connects Htone Gyi village with the Kawa Township.

Population

According to the 2014 census, the population of the town is 17,396. The town had a population of 2,336 in 1953.

Economy

In Kawa, crops are grown on large

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. Being located between the

Sittaung River The Sittaung River ( my, စစ်တောင်းမြစ် ; formerly, the Sittang or Sittounghttps://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/UNGEGN/docs/8th-uncsgn-docs/inf/8th_UNCSGN_econf.94_INF.75.pdf ) is a river in south central Myanmar in Bago ...

and the

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, there are

salt marshes A salt marsh or saltmarsh, also known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and open saltwater or brackish water that is regularly flooded by the tides. It is dominated ...

that have formed near the coasts. Kawa is also well known for its production of bags and cotton.

References

{{reflist Populated places in Myanmar Populated places in Bago Region Township capitals of Myanmar