Laukkaing Township

Laukkaing Township
လောက်ကိုင်မြို့နယ်
Location in Laukkaing district (Kokang SAZ)
Location in Laukkaing district (Kokang SAZ)
Laukkaing Township is located in Myanmar
Laukkaing Township
Laukkaing Township
Location in Burma
Coordinates: 23°41′00″N 98°45′00″E / 23.68333°N 98.75000°E / 23.68333; 98.75000
Country Myanmar
StateShan State
Self-administered zoneKokang
CapitalLaukkai
Area
 • Total316.96 sq mi (820.92 km2)
Elevation3,100 ft (900 m)
Highest elevation
8,317 ft (2,535 m)
Population
 (2019)[1]
 • Total75,555
 • Density240/sq mi (92/km2)
 • Ethnicities
Time zoneUTC+6.30 (MMT)

Laukkaing Township or Laukkai Township (Burmese: လောက်ကိုင်မြို့နယ်, Chinese: 老街区) is a township located within Laukkaing District, Shan State, Myanmar. It is the principal township of the Kokang Self-Administered Zone. The principal town is Laukkai (Burmese: လောက်ကိုင်မြို့). The township is divided into 137 villages organized into 8 village tracts and 2 towns, each with 3 urban wards. Besides Laukkai, the other town is Chinshwehaw in the southeast of the township.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Myanmar Information Management Unit (September 2019). Laukkaing Myone Daethasaingyarachatlatmya လောက်ကိုင်မြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ [Laukkaing Township Regional Information] (PDF) (Report). MIMU. Retrieved 18 November 2023.