Kawkareik
Kawkareik, also spelled as Kawkarike, is a town in Karen State, Myanmar. It is the capital of Kawkaraik District and Kawkaraik Township.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Wonnral, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: City with 48,500 residents
- Description: human settlement in Myanmar
- Also known as: “Kawkareit” and “Kawkayeik”
Kawkareik
- Categories: human settlement, town in Myanmar, and locality
- Location: Kawkareik Township, Kawkareik District, Kayin State, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
16.55553° or 16° 33′ 20″ northLongitude
98.23996° or 98° 14′ 24″ eastPopulation
48,500Elevation
72 feet (22 metres)United Nations Location Code
MM KKROpen location code
7M8WH64Q+6XOpenStreetMap ID
node 3888608257OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Ukrainian—“Kawkareik” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ကော့ကရိတ်မြို့”
- Chinese: “高加力”
- Dutch: “Kawkareik”
- French: “Kawkareik”
- Irish: “Kawkareik”
- Japanese: “コーカレイ”
- Japanese: “コーカレイク”
- Japanese: “コーカレイッ”
- Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻခြုက်ꩻခြိက်ꩻ”
- Polish: “Kawkareik”
- Shan: “ၵေႃႉၵရဵၵ်ႉ၊ ဝဵင်း”
- Shan: “ဝဵင်းၵေႃႉၵရဵၵ်ႉ”
- Spanish: “Kawkareik”
- Thai: “ก่อกะเระ”
- Thai: “คอกคาอิก”
- Ukrainian: “Кокаей”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kawkareik”. Photo: Wonnral, CC BY-SA 3.0.