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Kayin State
ကရင်ပြည်နယ် (Burmese)
ဖၠုံခါန်ႋကၞင့် (Pwo Eastern Karen)

ကညီကီၢ်စဲၣ် (S'gaw Karen)
State
Other transcription(s)
 • Karenk'nyaw kawseh
 • Burmeseka.rang pranynai
Flag of Kayin State
Official seal of Kayin State
Location of Kayin State in Myanmar
Location of Kayin State in Myanmar
Coordinates: 17°0′N 97°45′E / 17.000°N 97.750°E / 17.000; 97.750
CountryKayin State Myanmar
RegionSoutheast
CapitalHpa-An
Government
 • Chief MinisterSaw Myint Oo
 • CabinetKayin State Government
 • LegislatureKayin State Hluttaw
 • JudiciaryHigh Court of Karen State
Area
 • Total30,382.8 km2 (11,730.9 sq mi)
 • Rank11th
Highest elevation
(Nattaung)
2,623 m (8,606 ft)
Population
 (2014 Census)[1]
 • Total1,574,079
 • Rank11th
 • Density52/km2 (130/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Karen, Kayin
Demographics
 • EthnicitiesKaren (majority), Padaung, Bamar, Shan, Pa-O, Mon, Rakhine, Burmese-Thai
 • ReligionsBuddhism 84.5%
Christianity 9.5%
Islam 4.6%
Hinduism 0.6%
Animism 0.1%
Others 0.7%
Time zoneUTC+06:30 (MMT)
HDI (2017)0.527[2]
low · 12th
Official languageKaren
Websitewww.kayinstate.gov.mm

Kayin State (Burmese: ကရင်ပြည်နယ်, pronounced [kəjɪ̀ɴ pjìnɛ̀]; Pwo Eastern Karen: ဖၠုံခါန်ႋကၞင့်; S'gaw Karen: ကညီကီၢ်စဲၣ်, pronounced [kɲɔkɔshæ]), formerly known as Karen State, is a state of Myanmar. The capital city is Hpa-An, also spelled Pa-An.

The terrain of the state is mountainous with the Dawna Range running along the state in a NNW–SSE direction and the southern end of the Karen Hills in the northwest.[3] It is bordered by Mae Hong Son, Tak, and Kanchanaburi provinces of Thailand to the east; Mon State and Bago Region to the west and south; Mandalay Region, Shan State and Kayah State to the north.

  1. ^ Census Report. The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census. Vol. 2. Naypyitaw: Ministry of Immigration and Population. May 2015. p. 17. Archived from the original on 2019-05-07. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
  2. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Archived from the original on 2018-09-23. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  3. ^ The Physical Geography of Southeast Asia, Avijit Gupta, Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 978-0-19-924802-5

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