Demoso Explained
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Official Name: | Demoso |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map: | Myanmar |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Myanmar |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Demoso District |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Demoso Township |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.98 |
| Population Urban: | 5522 |
| Population Metro: | 87088 |
| Population As Of: | 2019 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Coordinates: | 19.5383°N 97.1588°W |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Elevation Ft: | 2982 |
| Timezone: | MMT |
| Utc Offset: | +6.30 |
Demoso (Burmese: ဒီးမော့ဆိုမြို့; also spelled Dimawhso) is the capital of Demoso District in northwestern Kayah State, Myanmar.
History
Demoso was the site of the Battle of Demoso during the Myanmar civil war that began in 2021.[2] As a result of the conflict, many citizens in Demoso fled to neighboring areas,[3] [4] while numerous displaced people in Kayah State moved to the town, including Bishop Celso Ba Shwe of the Diocese of Loikaw in 2024.[5] [6]
On April 30, 2022, new districts were expanded and organized. Demoso became the capital of its own district, separating out of Loikaw District.[7] [8]
External links
Notes and References
- Myanmar Information Management Unit . January 2020 . Demoso Myone Daethasaingyarachatlatmya. my:ဒီးမော့ဆိုမြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ. Demoso Township Regional Information . MIMU . 11 April 2024.
- News: Lovett. Lorcan. 4 June 2023. In the targets of the junta: life and war inside rebel-held Myanmar. en-GB. The Observer. 31 December 2023. 0029-7712.
- News: AFP. Monks flee temples in Kayah State as fighting intensifies. 19 February 2024. Frontier Myanmar. 17 January 2022. The monk, among roughly 5,000 people who have fled Loikaw to eastern Shan State, said 12 monasteries in nearby Demoso town had also been emptied..
- News: မြေမြှုပ်မိုင်းအန္တရာယ်ကြောင့် ဒီးမော့ဆိုဒေသခံများ နေရပ်မပြန်နိုင်သေး. 15 March 2024. DVB. 7 March 2024. Burmese.
- News: mgr. Ba Shwe (Bishop Loikaw) on school attack, "fighters from both sides of the conflict and the military, stop killing". 19 February 2024. Italy 24 Press News. 7 February 2024.
- News: Displaced Myanmar bishop urges Catholics to work for peace. 15 March 2024. UCA News. Union of Catholic Asian News. 8 March 2024.
- Web site: နေပြည်တော်၊ တိုင်းဒေသကြီးနှင့် ပြည်နယ်များတွင် ခရိုင် ၄၆ ခရိုင် အသစ်တိုးချဲ့ဖွဲ့စည်းသည့်အတွက် စုစုပေါင်းခရိုင် ၁၂၁ ခရိုင်ရှိလာ.
- Web site: EXPANSION OF NEW DISTRICTS: NEW DISTRICTS EXPANDED IN NAY PYI TAW, REGIONS AND STATES.
