Kawkareik Township

Kawkareik Township
Burmese: ကော့ကရိတ်မြို့နယ်
S'gaw Karen: ကီၢ်ကရံၣ်ကီၢ်ဆၣ်
Location in Kawkareik district (in red)
Location in Kawkareik district (in red)
Country Myanmar
StateKaren State
DistrictKawkareik District
CapitalKawkareik
Area
 • Total932 sq mi (2,413 km2)
Elevation
55 ft (17 m)
Population
 (2019)[1]
291,941
 • Ethnicities
 • Religions
Time zoneUTC+6:30 (MST)

Kawkareik Township (Pwo Eastern Karen: 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[2] and there are many small villages inside.

  1. ^ Myanmar Information Management Unit (December 2019). Kawkareik Myone Daethasaingyarachatlatmya ကော့ကရိတ်မြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ [Kawkareik Township Regional Information] (PDF) (Report). MIMU. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  2. ^ Census Report. The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census. Vol. 2. Naypyidaw: Ministry of Immigration and Population. May 2015. p. 51.