Laukkaing Township ( my, လောက်ကိုင်မြို့နယ်) is a
township located within
Laukkaing District
Laogai District ( my, လောက်ကိုင်ခရိုင်) is a district of the Shan State in Myanmar. It consists 2 towns and 333 villages.
It is located in Kokang Self-Administered Zone according to the Constitution of Myanmar (2008 ...
,
Shan State,
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
. It is also part of the
Kokang Self-Administered Zone
The Kokang Self-Administered Zone ( my, ကိုးကန့် ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရ ဒေသ ), as stipulated by the 2008 Constitution of Myanmar, is a self-administered zone in northern ...
. The principal town is
Laukkai
Laukkai (also known as Laukkaing or Laogai or Laokai; my, လောက်ကိုင်မြို့; ) is the capital of Kokang (also known as Special Region 1) in the northern part of Shan State, Myanmar. It is situated on the Salween River ...
a.k.a.
Laukkaing
Laukkai (also known as Laukkaing or Laogai or Laokai; my, လောက်ကိုင်မြို့; ) is the capital of Kokang (also known as Special Region 1) in the northern part of Shan State, Myanmar. It is situated on the Salween River ...
.
Geography
Laukkaing shares a border with
Kongyan Township
Konkyan Township or Kongyan Township ( my, ကုန်းကြမ်းမြို့နယ်) is a township located within Laukkaing District, Shan State, Myanmar. It is also part of the Kokang Self-Administered Zone. The capital town is Konk ...
in the north, with the
People's Republic of China in the north and east, with
Kunlong Township
Kunlong Township is a township of Lashio District (formerly part of Kunlong District) in Shan State, Burma. The main town is Kunlong, located by the Salween River
, ''Mae Nam Salawin'' (
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in the south and with Kutkai Township in the west. It has 31 border posts, and is situated at above sea level. Few plains can be seen in Laukkai, Mangtonpa, Yanlongkyaing, Pasinkyaw and Namhuhtan. The remaining area is mountainous and from 3,000 to above sea level. The total area is and the population is over 70,000.
Rubber, lychee, mango, walnut and pear are grown in the area as poppy substitutes. Sugarcane, pineapple, corn, buckwheat, soybean and various vegetables are also grown.
There are 4 high schools and 17 primary schools. There is a 50 bedded hospital.
Further reading
Topo Map of Kokang Self-Administered Zone - MimuShan (North) State, Myanmar - MimuLaukkaing Township - Shan State - Mimu
References
Townships of Shan State
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