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Kalaw
Sign in to saveKalaw (; Shan: ) is a hill town in the Shan State of Myanmar. It is the capital of Kalaw District and Kalaw Township.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in MM, across 2 mapped points.
Within Vinony's link graph, Kalaw is referenced by 201 other articles, and connects out to Myanmar Standard Time, Mongyai Township and Mong Khet Township.
It is catalogued under topics including Hill stations in Myanmar, Kalaw Township and Populated places in Shan State.
Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Locality
- Kalaw
- Region
- ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်
- Country
- မြန်မာ
- Population
- 93,032
- Timezone
- Asia/Yangon
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.native_name
- ()
- Settlement.official_name
- Kalaw
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Myanmar
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Myanmar
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Kalaw 21.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Districts
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kalaw District
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Township
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Kalaw Township
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2005
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.population_blank2
- Buddhism
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Myanmar
- Located in
- Kalaw Township
- Elevation
- 1320
- Time zone
- UTC+06:30
- Image
- Kalaw, Myanmar. I.jpg
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- Commons category
- Kalaw
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Overview
- History
- Notable residents
- References
- External links
Kalaw (; Shan: ) is a hill town in the Shan State of Myanmar. It is the capital of Kalaw District and Kalaw Township.
==Overview== The town was popular with the British during the colonial period. Kalaw is the main setting of the novel Das Herzenhören by Jan-Philipp Sendker.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kalaw” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations