Kawkareik
Sign in to savethumb|Kyaikpawt Pagoda, Minywar Village, Kawkareik Township Kawkareik (; , ; ), also spelled as Kawkarike, is a town in Karen State, Myanmar. It is the capital of Kawkaraik District and Kawkaraik Township.
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- ကော့ကရိတ်မြို့
- Region
- ကရင်ပြည်နယ်
- Country
- မြန်မာ
- Population
- 48,468
- Timezone
- Asia/Yangon
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- Myanmar
- Located in
- Kawkareik Township
- Time zone
- UTC+06:30
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thumb|Kyaikpawt Pagoda, Minywar Village, Kawkareik Township Kawkareik (; , ; ), also spelled as Kawkarike, is a town in Karen State, Myanmar. It is the capital of Kawkaraik District and Kawkaraik Township.
== History == The Kawkareik Pass across the Tenasserim Hills is named after this town. The Pass was the access route from Thailand used by the Japanese Fifteenth Army, consisting of two infantry divisions under Lieutenant General Shōjirō Iida, when it invaded the southern Burmese division of Tenasserim (now Mon State, Kayin State and Tanintharyi Region) in January 1942.
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