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Kokang
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Kokang

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Also known as Shan State Special Region No. 1

140px|right|thumb|Location of the Kokang region (green) within Shan State (yellow)

Key facts

Settlement.name
Kokang
Settlement.settlement_type
Historical region
Settlement.image_caption
Kokang shown in green
Settlement.image_map
Kokang.svg
Settlement.map_caption
Location of Kokang in Shan State and Myanmar
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Highest point
Settlement.subdivision_name2
2,548 m
Settlement.area_total_km2
1895
Settlement.elevation_m
1000
Settlement.population_total
150000
Settlement.population_as_of
2009
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Political division.name
Special Region 1 of the Union of Myanmar
Political division.other_name
Kokang
Political division.settlement_type
Special region
Political division.image_flag
Flag of Myanmar Special Region 1.svg
Political division.image_seal
File:Special Region One of the Union of Myanmar (Kokang) Coat of Arms (Improved and Upscaled).png
Political division.seal_type
Emblem

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
administrative region
Country
Myanmar
Capital
Laukkai
Area
10000
Elevation
1000
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Commons category
Kokang
topic's main category
Category:Kokang
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Encyclopedic overview

17 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Geography
  • Geology
  • Demographics
  • History
  • Chiefdom of Kokang, 1739-1897
  • British Burma, 1824-1948
  • Communist Burma, 1948-1989
  • Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, 1989-2009
  • 2009 Kokang conflict
  • 2015 Kokang offensive
  • 2023 Kokang conflict
  • 2025
  • Rulers of Kokang
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

140px|right|thumb|Location of the Kokang region (green) within Shan State (yellow)

Kokang (; ) is a region in Myanmar. It is located in the northern part of Shan State, with the Salween River to its west, and sharing a border with China's Yunnan Province to the east. Its total land area is around . The capital is Laukkai. Kokang is mostly populated by the ethnic Han Kokang people, a group of descent living in Myanmar.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kokang” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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