Loikaw District ( my, လွိုင်ကော်ခရိုင်) is a
district
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
of the
Kayah State
Kayah State ( my, ကယားပြည်နယ်, formerly Karenni State) is a state of Myanmar. Situated in eastern Myanmar, it is bounded on the north by Shan State, on the east by Thailand's Mae Hong Son Province, and on the south and wes ...
in eastern part of
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 ...
.
Townships
![Loikaw tsp in Loikaw district 2022](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Loikaw_tsp_in_Loikaw_district_2022.svg)
The district contains the following
township
A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
s, cities and towns:
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Loikaw Township
Loikaw Township ( my, လွိုင်ကော်မြို့နယ်) is a township of Loikaw District in the eastern part of Kayah State in Myanmar. The principal town lies at Loikaw.
Demographics 2014
The 2014 Myanmar Census reporte ...
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Loikaw
Loikaw (, ) is the capital of Kayah State in Myanmar. It is located in the Karen Hills area, near the State's northern tip, just above an embayment on the Pilu River. The inhabitants are mostly Kayah (Karenni). Myanmar's largest hydropower plant ...
**Loilinlay
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Shadaw Township
Shadaw Township ( my, ရှားတောမြို့နယ်) is a township of Loikaw District in the eastern part of Kayah State in Myanmar
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Shadaw
Shadaw ( my, ရှားတောမြို့) is a town in the Kayah State of eastern part of Burma
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British E ...
In April 2022,
Demoso Township
Demoso Township ( my, ဒီမောဆိုးမြို့နယ်) is a township of Loikaw District in the eastern part of Kayah State in Myanmar.
The principal town lies at Demoso
Dimawhso ( my, ဒီးမော့ဆိုမြ ...
and
Hpruso Township
Hpruso Township ( my, ဖရူဆိုမြို့နယ်) is a township of Loikaw District in the eastern part of Kayah State in Myanmar.
The principal town lies at Hpruso
Hpruso ( my, ဖရူဆိုမြို့) is a town in t ...
were formed as
Demoso District.
References
Districts of Myanmar
Kayah State
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