Loikaw Township ( my, လွိုင်ကော်မြို့နယ်) is a
township
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of
Loikaw District
Loikaw District ( my, လွိုင်ကော်ခရိုင်) is a district of the Kayah State in eastern part of Myanmar.
Townships
The district contains the following townships, cities and towns:
*Loikaw Township
**Loikaw
**Loil ...
in the eastern part of
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
Myanmar
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. The principal town lies at
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 ...
.
Demographics
2014
The
2014 Myanmar Census
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reported that Loikaw Township had a population of 128,401.
The
population density
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was 82.9 people per km
2.
The census reported that the median age was 24.5 years, and 97 males per 100 females.
There were 26,495 households; the mean household size was 4.6.
References
Townships of Kayah State
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