Kyawkku ကျောက်ဂူ Myinkyado | |
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Town | |
  Kyawkku Location in Burma | |
| Coordinates: 21°48′N96°55′E / 21.800°N 96.917°E Coordinates: 21°48′N96°55′E / 21.800°N 96.917°E | |
| Country | Burma |
| Division | Shan State |
| District | Taunggyi |
| Township | Lawksawk |
| Elevation | 1,019 m (3,342 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+6.30 (MST) |
Kyawkku (Myinkyado) is a town in Shan State, Myanmar. It is part of Lawksawk Township of Taunggyi District.
This village was the capital of Kyawkku State, one of the Shan States, until 1922. [1]
The Shan people, also known as the Dai or Tai Yai, are a Tai ethnic group of Southeast Asia. The Shan are the biggest minority of Burma (Myanmar) and primarily live in the Shan State of this country, but also inhabit parts of Mandalay Region, Kachin State, and Kayin State, and in adjacent regions of China, Laos, Assam and Thailand. Though no reliable census has been taken in Burma since 1935, the Shan are estimated to number 4–6 million, with CIA Factbook giving an estimate of five million spread throughout Myanmar which is about 10% of the overall Burmese population.
Shan State is a state of Myanmar. Shan State borders China (Yunnan) to the north, Laos to the east, and Thailand to the south, and five administrative divisions of Burma in the west. The largest of the 14 administrative divisions by land area, Shan State covers 155,800 km2, almost a quarter of the total area of Burma. The state gets its name from Burmese name for the Tai people: "Shan people". The Shan constitute the majority among several ethnic groups that inhabit the area. Shan is largely rural, with only three cities of significant size: Lashio, Kengtung, and the capital, Taunggyi. Taunggyi is 150.7 km northeast of the nation's capital Naypyitaw.
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