Native Name: | Burmese: လွိုင်ကော်မြို့နယ် |
Official Name: | Loikaw Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Myanmar |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Kayah State |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Loikaw District |
Subdivision Type3: | Capital |
Subdivision Name3: | Loikaw |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 598.06 |
Population: | 128,401 |
Population As Of: | 2019 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | 19.7453°N 97.3161°W |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Elevation Ft: | 2950 |
Timezone: | MMT |
Utc Offset: | +6:30 |
Loikaw Township (my|လွိုင်ကော်မြို့နယ်) is a township of Loikaw District in the eastern part of Kayah State in Myanmar. The principal town lies at Loikaw. The township is divided into 19 urban wards within the town of Loikaw and 122 villages comprising 12 village tracts.[1]
The 2014 Myanmar Census reported that Loikaw Township had a population of 128,401.[2] The population density was 82.9 people per km2. The census reported that the median age was 24.5 years, and 97 males per 100 females. There were 26,495 households; the mean household size was 4.6.