Chinshwehaw
ချင်းရွှေဟော်မြို့ | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Chinshwehaw Location in Myanmar | |
| Coordinates: 23°28′32″N 98°49′27″E / 23.475573°N 98.824194°E | |
| Country |  Myanmar |
| State |  Shan State |
| Self-administered zone | Kokang |
| District | Laukkaing District |
| Township | Laukkaing Township |
| Population | |
• Town | 4,889 |
| • Urban | 3,138 |
| • Rural | 2,752 |
| Time zone | UTC+6.30 (MST) |
Chinshwehaw (Burmese: ချင်းရွှေဟော်မြို့) is a town in Laukkaing Township, Laukkaing District, Shan State of Myanmar.[2] The town borders Qingshuihe Village of the Gengma Dai and Va Autonomous County, Yunnan Province, China. The town is home to one of 5 official border trade posts with China, and opened on 19 October 2003.[3] In 2022, total trade volume at the border post stood at US$283.396 million.[4]
On 28 October 2023 it was reported that the town had come fully under control of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) during the ongoing civil war.[5]
- ^ The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census Highlights of the Main Results Census Report Volume 2 – A. Department of Population Ministry of Immigration and Population. 2015. p. 65.
- ^ "District Map - Shan State (North)" (PDF). Myanmar Information Management Unit. September 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "Border Trade Posts". Ministry of Commerce. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
- ^ "Border Trade Data". Ministry of Commerce. 2023-02-24. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
- ^ Zan, Hein Htoo (2023-10-28). "Ethnic Alliance Report Rapid Gains From Myanmar Junta Along Chinese Border". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 2023-10-28.