Waingmaw Township Explained

Official Name:	Waimaw Township
Settlement Type:	Township
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	State
Subdivision Name1:	Kachin State
Subdivision Type2:	District
Subdivision Name2:	Myitkyina District
Subdivision Type3:	Capital
Unit Pref:	Imperial
Population Density Km2:	auto
Timezone:	MST
Utc Offset:	+6:30

Waimaw Township (Burmese: ဝိုင်းမော်မြို့နယ်) (Shan :ဝဵင်းမႂ်ႇ Tai nue:ᥝᥥᥒᥰᥛᥬᥱ เวียงใหม่​)is a township of Myitkyina District in the Kachin State of Burma. The principal town is Waingmaw and other towns are Sadon and Kan Paik Ti.

In January 2017, Waimaw Township was home to two internally displaced persons camps, Zai Awng and Hkau Shau, which were hit by mortar fire.^[1]

References

25.35°N 97.4333°W

Notes and References

1. News: China Turns Back Thousands of Myanmar Refugees Trying to Cross Border to Safety . . About 4,000 Myanmar refugees who attempted to flee across the border to safety in China after mortar shells fell in two internally displaced persons camps in Kachin state’s Waimaw township on Wednesday were turned away by Chinese authorities, leaving them with nowhere to go in the conflict zone, a Kachin religious official said. Samson Hkalam, General Secretary of the Kachin Baptist Convention, a Myanmar Baptist denominational organization that assists refugees in the northern state, said the internal refugees from the Zai Awng and Hkau Shau camps are still on the road with no place to stay. . https://web.archive.org/web/20170112010613/http://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/china-turns-back-thousands-of-myanmar-refugees-trying-to-cross-border-to-safety-01112017162723.html?mc_cid=dc004e2e82&mc_eid=5ad3820973 . January 12, 2017.