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Kayin State

Kayin State, formerly known as Karen State, is a state of . The capital city is Hpa-An, also spelled Pa-An. The terrain of the state is mountainous, with the running along the state in a NNW–SSE direction, and the southern end of the Karen Hills in the northwest.
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  • Type: State with 1,590,000 residents
  • Description: state of Myanmar
  • Also known as: “Karan State”, “Kathuli”, “Kawthoolei”, “Kawthulay”, “Kawthule State”, “Kawthule-ne”, “Kawthuly”, “Kawthuwlay State”, and “Kayin Myeney”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hlaingbwe Township.

Town
is a township of in the Kayin State of . is the third largest township in Karen State and its population was 265,883 in 2014. The principal town is .

Kayin State

Latitude
17.1863° or 17° 11′ 11″ north
Longitude
97.7499° or 97° 44′ 60″ east
Population
1,590,000
Elevation
180 feet (55 metres)
Open location code
7M9V5PPX+GX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4344695181
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1320233
Wiki­data ID
Q495342
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Kayin State” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Nanggroë Kayin”
  • Arabic: “ولاية كايين”
  • Assamese: “কায়িন ৰাজ্য”
  • Balinese: “Negara Wagian Kayin”
  • Bengali: “কায়িন রাজ্য”
  • Burmese: “ကရင်ပြည်နယ်”
  • Catalan: “Estat de Karen”
  • Catalan: “Estat de Kayin”
  • Catalan: “Estat Karen”
  • Catalan: “Estat Kayin”
  • Catalan: “Karen State”
  • Catalan: “Karen, Estat de Myanmar”
  • Catalan: “Karen”
  • Catalan: “Kayin State”
  • Catalan: “Kayin”
  • Cebuano: “Kayin State”
  • Central Kurdish: “ویلایەتی کاین”
  • Chinese: “Kayin Chiu”
  • Chinese: “克伦邦”
  • Chinese: “克倫邦”
  • Czech: “Karenský stát”
  • Danish: “Kayin State”
  • Dutch: “Kayin Staat”
  • Dutch: “Kayin-staat”
  • Dutch: “Kayin”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ولاية كايين”
  • Esperanto: “Kajino”
  • Estonian: “Kareni osariik”
  • Finnish: “Kayin”
  • French: “État de Kayin”
  • French: “Etat Karen”
  • French: “État Karen”
  • French: “Karen”
  • Georgian: “კაინის შტატი”
  • German: “Karen-Staat”
  • German: “Kayin State”
  • German: “Kayin-Staat”
  • German: “MM-13”
  • Greek: “Καγίν”
  • Gujarati: “કેયિન સ્ટેટ”
  • Hebrew: “אזור קאיין”
  • Hebrew: “מדינת קאיין”
  • Hebrew: “מדינת קיין”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז קאיין”
  • Hindi: “कयिन राज्य”
  • Hindi: “कायिन राज्य”
  • Ido: “Stato Kayin”
  • Indonesian: “Negara Bagian Karen”
  • Indonesian: “Negara Bagian Kayin”
  • Italian: “Stato Karen”
  • Italian: “Stato Kayin”
  • Japanese: “カレン”
  • Japanese: “カレン州”
  • Kannada: “ಕರೆನ್ ರಾಜ್ಯ”
  • Khmer: “រដ្ឋកាយីន”
  • Kirghiz: “Карен (штат)”
  • Kirghiz: “Карен”
  • Korean: “가인주”
  • Korean: “카렌 주”
  • Korean: “카인 주”
  • Latvian: “Karenas pavalsts”
  • Lithuanian: “Kajinų valstija”
  • Lithuanian: “Karenų valstija”
  • Macedonian: “Карен”
  • Malay: “Kayin”
  • Malay: “Negeri Kayin”
  • Marathi: “कायिन राज्य”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kayin Chiu”
  • Mon: “တွဵုရးကရေၚ်”
  • Mon: “ပွိုၚ်ဒေသကရေၚ်”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Karen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kayin”
  • Norwegian: “Kayin”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Estat de Kayin”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Kayin”
  • Pa'o Karen: “စောက်ꩻခမ်းနယ်ႏ”
  • Panjabi: “ਕਰੇਨ ਰਾਜ”
  • Panjabi: “ਕਾਇਨ”
  • Persian: “ایالت کایین”
  • Polish: “Karen”
  • Portuguese: “Caim”
  • Portuguese: “Kayin”
  • Romanian: “Statul Kayin”
  • Russian: “Кайин”
  • Russian: “Карен”
  • Santali: “ᱠᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱯᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
  • Scots: “Kayin State”
  • Serbian: “Карен”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Država Kajin”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Država Kayin”
  • Shan: “ၸႄႈမိူင်းယၢင်းၽိူၵ်ႇ”
  • Shan: “ယၢင်း၊ ၸႄႈမိူင်း”
  • Sinhala: “කේ ඉන් රාජ්‍ය”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Kayin”
  • Spanish: “Kayin”
  • Swedish: “Kachinstaten”
  • Swedish: “Karen”
  • Tagalog: “Estado ng Kayin”
  • Tamil: “காயின் மாநிலம்”
  • Telugu: “కేయిన్ రాష్ట్రము”
  • Telugu: “కేయిన్ స్టేట్”
  • Thai: “Ka.yang pranynai”
  • Thai: “Ka.yang”
  • Thai: “Kayang”
  • Thai: “Kayin State”
  • Thai: “กะยาง”
  • Thai: “กะยางปรัญนัย”
  • Thai: “กะยิน ปรัญนัย”
  • Thai: “กะยิน”
  • Thai: “กะยินปรัญนัย”
  • Thai: “กะเรน”
  • Thai: “คะยิน”
  • Thai: “รัฐกะยาง”
  • Thai: “รัฐกะเรน”
  • Thai: “รัฐกะเหรี่ยง”
  • Thai: “รัฐคะยิน”
  • Thai: “ကရင္”
  • Thai: “ကရင်ပြည်နယ်”
  • Turkish: “Kayin Eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Kayin”
  • Ukrainian: “Карен”
  • Urdu: “کایئن اسٹیٹ”
  • Urdu: “کایئن ریاست”
  • Vietnamese: “Bang Kayin”
  • Vietnamese: “Kayin”
  • Western Armenian: “Քային”
  • Wu Chinese: “克伦邦”
  • Yue Chinese: “克倫邦”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include pagoda and Hlaingbwe Township Hospital.

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