Kawkareik Township

Kawkareik Township (Phlone ကောဝ်တြာ်ကၞင့်; Burmese: ကော့ကရိတ်မြို့နယ်, Burmese pronunciation: [kɔ̰kəɹeɪʔ mjo̰nɛ̀]; S'gaw Karen: ကီၢ်ကရံၣ်ကီၢ်ဆၣ်) is a township of Kawkareik District in the Karen State of Myanmar. The principal town is Kawkareik. Kawkareik township is the second most populated township in Karen State[1] and there are many small villages inside.

Kawkareik Township
ကော့ကရိတ်မြို့နယ်
ကီၢ်ကရံၣ်ကီၢ်ဆၣ်
Location in Kawkareik district (in red)
Location in Kawkareik district (in red)
Country Burma
StateKaren State
DistrictKawkareik District
CapitalKawkareik
Area
  Total932 sq mi (2,413 km2)
Population
 (2014)
220,342[1]
Time zoneUTC+6:30 (MST)

References

  1. Census Report. The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census. Vol. 2. Naypyidaw: Ministry of Immigration and Population. May 2015. p. 51.

16.5500°N 98.2333°E / 16.5500; 98.2333


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