Kani Township

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Kani Township
Township
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Location in Yinmabin district
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Location in Sagaing region
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Kani Township
Location in Myanmar
Coordinates: 22°26′N94°51′E / 22.433°N 94.850°E / 22.433; 94.850
Country Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar
Region Sagaing Region
District Yinmabin District
Capital Kani
Area
 • Total1,294.55 sq mi (3,352.9 km2)
Elevation
265 ft (81 m)
Population
 (2019) [1]
152,087
 • Ethnicities
 Bamar
 • Religions
 Buddhism
Time zone UTC+6.30 (MMT)

Kani Township (Burmese : ကနီမြို့နယ်) is a township in Yinmabin District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar. [2] The township is subdivided into 188 villages grouped into 45 village tract and 1 town, the principal town of Kani, which contains 3 urban wards. [1]

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Natural spirulina is available from Twinma and Taung Pauk [3] but their combined yield is a lot less than the yield of Twintaung of Budalin Township. [4]

The township borders Mingin Township in the north and Budalin Township in the east. There are Pone Taung Hills in the west of the township. There are also many streams in the township. At the age of Myanmar dynasties, its area was wider. [5]

2021 unrest

In December 2021, BBC News reported the Myanmar military carried out four mass killings in July 2021 following the country's February 2021 coup d'etat. [6] The BBC's investigation, which characterized Kani Township as "an opposition stronghold", interviewed 11 alleged witnesses to the killings, and compared them to cellphone videos and photographs collected by Myanmar Witness, a UK-based NGO. [6] The investigation concluded that over 40 people in Kani Township were killed by the military, including at least 14 in one incident in the village of Yin. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Myanmar Information Management Unit (September 2019). Kani Myone Daethasaingyarachatlatmya ကနီမြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ [Kani Township Regional Information](PDF) (Report). Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  2. ↑ "Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map" Archived 2010-12-03 at the Wayback Machine Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
  3. ↑ "June Industry Ltd". www.juneindustry.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Production of rare algae drops". www.mmtimes.com. Shwe Yee Saw Myint. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  5. ↑ Myanmar Encyclopedia Volume I, Part (B)
  6. 1 2 3 Henschke, Rebecca; Brown, Kelvin; Aung, Ko Ko (2021-12-20). "Tortured to death: Myanmar mass killings revealed". BBC News. Retrieved 2021-12-20.


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