Kawkareik Township

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.

Kawkareik Township Burmese: ကော့ကရိတ်မြို့နယ် S'gaw Karen: ကီၢ်ကရံၣ်ကီၢ်ဆၣ်
Township
Location in Kawkareik district (in red)
Country	Myanmar
State	Karen State
District	Kawkareik District
Capital	Kawkareik
Area
• Total	932 sq mi (2,413 km2)
Elevation	55 ft (17 m)
Population  (2019)[1]	291,941
• Ethnicities	Karen Mon Bamar
• Religions	Buddhism Christianity
Time zone	UTC+6:30 (MST)

References

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.

16.5500°N 98.2333°E / 16.5500; 98.2333