Kayin State

Kayin State

ဖၠုံခါန်ႋကၞင့်
Kayin State ဖၠုံခါန်ႋကၞင့်
State
	ကရင်ပြည်နယ်
Other transcription(s)
• Karen	k'nyaw kawseh
• Burmese	ka.rang pranynai
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	Location of Kayin State in Myanmar
	Coordinates: 17°0′N 97°45′E / 17.000°N 97.750°E
Country	Myanmar
Region	Southeast
Capital	Hpa-An
Government
• Chief Minister	Saw Myint Oo
• Cabinet	Kayin State Government
Area
• Total	30,382.8 km2 (11,730.9 sq mi)
• Rank	11th
Highest elevation (Nattaung)	2,623 m (8,606 ft)
Population (2014 Census)
• Total	1,574,079
• Rank	11th
• Density	52/km2 (130/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Karen, Kayin
Demographics
• Ethnicities	Karen (majority), Padaung, Bamar, Shan, Pa-O, Mon, Rakhine, Burmese-Thai
Time zone	UTC+06:30 (MMT)
HDI (2017)	0.527; low · 12th
Official language	Karen
Website	www.kayinstate.gov.mm

Kayin State (Eastern Pwo: ဖၠုံခါန်ႋကၞင့်; S'gaw Karen: ကညီကီၢ်စဲၣ်, pronounced [kɲɔkɔshæ], Burmese: ကရင်ပြည်နယ်, pronounced: [kəjɪ̀ɴ pjìnɛ̀]), also known by its former name Karen State, is a state of Myanmar. The capital city is Hpa-An, also spelled Pa-An.

Government

The government of Kayin State is split into three branches: an executive (Kayin State Government), a legislative (Kayin State Hluttaw), and a judicial (Kayin State High Court).

Administrative divisions

Karen State has one city and nine towns. It has four districts, seven townships and 4092 villages.

4 districts of Kayin

Districts

Hpa-an District
Myawaddy District
Kawkareik District
Hpapun District
Kyondoe District

Townships

Hpa-an Township
Hlaingbwe Township
Hpapun Township
Thandaunggyi Township
Myawaddy Township
Kawkareik Township
Kyainseikgyi Township

Cities and towns

Villages and hamlets

Kayin State is very mountainous so the villages are very small. Lots of Kayin State's population is across the countryside in hundreds of villages.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1973	858,429	—
1983	1,055,359	+22.9%
2014	1,574,079	+49.2%
Source: 2014 Myanmar Census^[1]

Since the 1973 Census, the population of Karen State has increased from 858,429 to 1,055,359 in the 1983 census and 1,574,079 in the census of 2014.^[3]

Transport

Karen State has two airports, Hpapun Airport and Hpa-An Airport, but they aren't open to the public currently.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Census Report. The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census. Vol. 2. Naypyitaw: Ministry of Immigration and Population. May 2015. p. 17.
↑ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
↑ The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census: Kayin State. Nay Pyi Taw: Ministry of Immigration and Population. 2015. p. 11.

[census-2014-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Census Report. The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census. Vol. 2. Naypyitaw: Ministry of Immigration and Population. May 2015. p. 17.

[GlobalDataLab-2] "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.

[3] The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census: Kayin State. Nay Pyi Taw: Ministry of Immigration and Population. 2015. p. 11.

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