Kokang
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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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Article
17 sectionsContents
- 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.