Kawlin Township

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Kawlin Township
ၸႄႈဝဵင်းၵေႃလၢင်း
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Location in Kawlin district
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Location in Sagaing region
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Kawlin Township
Location in Myanmar
Coordinates: 23°47′N95°41′E / 23.783°N 95.683°E / 23.783; 95.683
Country Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar
Region Sagaing Region
District Kawlin District
Capital Kawlin
Area
[1]
   Township 1,891.18 km2 (730.19 sq mi)
  Urban
2.75 km2 (1.06 sq mi)
  Rural
1,888.44 km2 (729.13 sq mi)
Population
 (2019) [1]
151,959
   Urban
25,254
   Rural
126,705
Time zone UTC+6.30 (MST)

Kawlin Township (Shan : ၸႄႈဝဵင်းၵေႃလၢင်း) is a township in Kawlin District (formerly part of Katha District) in the Sagaing Division of Burma. [2] The principal town is Kawlin. [1]

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Administrative divisions

Kawlin Township is divided into eight wards. [1] The rural villages, of which there are 202, are grouped into forty-six "village groups" (ကျေးရွာအုပ်စုအရေအတွက်). [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်းဒေသကြီး၊ ကောလင်းခရိုင်၊ကောလင်းမြို့နယ်၏ ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်အလက် [Sagaing Region Local information for Kawlin District, Kawlin Township] (in Burmese). Ministry of Union Government Office (MOUGO), Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022.
  2. "Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map" Archived 3 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)