Laukkaing Township Explained

Laukkaing Township
Native Name:လောက်ကိုင်မြို့နယ်
Settlement Type:Township
Pushpin Map:Burma
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Burma
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Myanmar
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Shan State
Subdivision Type2:Self-administered zone
Subdivision Name2:Kokang
Subdivision Type3:Capital
Subdivision Name3:Laukkai
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:820.92
Population As Of:2019
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:75555
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Timezone:MMT
Utc Offset:+6.30
Coordinates:23.6833°N 98.75°W
Elevation Ft:3100
Elevation Max Ft:8317

Laukkaing Township or Laukkai Township (Burmese: လောက်ကိုင်မြို့နယ်,) is a township located within Laukkaing District, Shan State, Myanmar. It is the principal township of the Kokang Self-Administered Zone. The principal town is Laukkai (Burmese: လောက်ကိုင်မြို့). The township is divided into 137 villages organized into 8 village tracts and 2 towns, each with 3 urban wards. Besides Laukkai, the other town is Chinshwehaw in the southeast of the township.[1]

Geography

Laukkaing shares a border with Kongyan Township in the north, with the People's Republic of China in the north and east, with Kunlong Township in the south and with Kutkai Township in the west. It has 31 border posts, and is situated at 3100feet above sea level. Few plains can be seen in Laukkai, Mangtonpa, Yanlongkyaing, Pasinkyaw and Namhuhtan. The remaining area is mountainous and from 3,000 to 8317feet above sea level. The total area is 316.96sqmi and the population is over 70,000.[2] [1]

Rubber, lychee, mango, walnut and pear are grown in the area as poppy substitutes. Sugarcane, pineapple, corn, buckwheat, soybean and various vegetables are also grown.

There are 4 high schools and 17 primary schools. There is a 50 bedded hospital.

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Myanmar Information Management Unit . September 2019 . Laukkaing Myone Daethasaingyarachatlatmya. my:လောက်ကိုင်မြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ. Laukkaing Township Regional Information . MIMU . 18 November 2023.
  2. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-06-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111002130039/http://myanmargeneva.org/NLM2009/eng/9Sep/n090913.pdf . 2011-10-02 .