Karenni peopleThe Karenni (Burmese: ကရင်နီ, lit. 'red Karen'), also known as the Kayah (Burmese: ကယားလူမျိုး) or Kayah Li (Karenni: ꤊꤢ꤬ꤛꤢ꤭ꤜꤟꤤ꤬), are a Karenic-speaking ethnic group native to the Kayah State of Myanmar. According to a 1983 census, the Karenni consist of the following groups: Kayah, Geko (Kayan Ka Khaung, Gekho, Kayan Kadao), Geba (Kayan Gebar, Gaybar), Lahwi (Kayan Lahwi), Bre, Manu-Manau (Kayan Manumanao), Yintale, Yinbaw kayan kangan, Bwe and Pa'O. Severa...
LoikawLoikaw (Burmese: လွိုင်ကော်မြို့, MLCTS: lwuing kau mrui., pronounced [lwàɪ(ŋ)kɔ̀ mjo̰]) is the largest city and the capital of Karenni 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, Kayaw, Kayan (Karenni). Myanmar's largest hydropower plant (built by the Japanese as war reparation) is located about 20 km (12 mi) east of Loikaw at Lawpita Falls. The town of Lo...
Yangon RegionYangon Region (Burmese: ရန်ကုန်တိုင်းဒေသကြီး, MLCTS: rankun tuing desa. kri:, pronounced; formerly Rangoon Division and Yangon Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar. Located in lower Myanmar, the region is bordered by Bago Region to the north and east, the Gulf of Martaban to the south, and Ayeyarwady Region to the west. Yangon Region is dominated by its capital city of Yangon, the former national capital and the largest city in the country. Other important citi...
MyanmarMyanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. It is bordered by India and Bangladesh to the northwest, China to the northeast, Laos and Thailand to the east and southeast, and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to the south and southwest. The country's capital city is Naypyidaw, while it...
2014 Myanmar censusThe Myanmar census 2014 (Burmese: ၂၀၁၄ ခုနှစ် လူဦးရေနှင့် အိမ်အကြောင်းအရာ သန်းခေါင်စာရင်း) was a nationwide census between 30 March and 10 April 2014 in Myanmar (Burma). 100,000 school teachers counted the population at midnight 29 March. The theme of the census campaign was A nationwide census – Let us all Participate.
Burmese languageBurmese is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Myanmar, where it is the official language, lingua franca, and the native language of the Bamar, the country's largest ethnic group. The Constitution of Myanmar officially refers to it as the Myanmar language in English, though most English speakers continue to refer to the language as Burmese, after Burma—a name with co-official status until 1989 (see Names of Myanmar). Burmese is the most widely spoken language in the country. In 2019, Burmese was spoken by 42.9 ...
Administrative divisions of MyanmarAccording to the 2008 Constitution, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar constitutes seven regions, seven states and one union territory. The constitution also mentions one self-administered division and five self-administered zones which are parts of some of the states and regions. In addition to these constitutional administrative subdivisions, there are also special regions which are extraconstitutional autonomous territories controlled by ethnic armed groups and recognized by the central government after the...
Shan StateThis article contains Burmese script. Without proper , you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Burmese script.
Mae Hong Son provinceMae Hong Son (Thai: แม่ฮ่องสอน, pronounced [mɛ̂ː.hɔ̂ŋ.sɔ̌ːn]; Northern Thai: ᨾᩯ᩵ᩁᩬ᩵ᨦᩈᩬᩁ; Burmese: မဲဟောင်ဆောင်; Shan: မႄႈႁွင်ႈသွၼ်), formerly called Mae Rong Son, also spelled Maehongson, Mae Hong Sorn or Maehongsorn, is one of Thailand's seventy-six provinces (changwat). It lies in upper northern Thailand and is the westernmost province. Neighboring provinces are (clockwise from north) Shan State of Myanmar, Chiang ...
Kayin StateThis article contains Karen script. Without proper , you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Karen script.
Sino-Tibetan languagesSino-Tibetan (also referred to as Trans-Himalayan) is a family of more than 400 languages, second only to Indo-European in number of native speakers. Around 1.4billion people speak a Sino-Tibetan language. The vast majority of these are the 1.3billion native speakers of Sinitic languages. Other Sino-Tibetan languages with large numbers of speakers include Burmese (33million) and the Tibetic languages (6million). Other languages of the family are spoken in the Himalayas, the Southeast Asian Massif, and the easter...
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