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. Ad ...

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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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 ...

. 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,

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reported the

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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

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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 {{SagaingDistrict-geo-stub