Lai-Hka Township

Lai-Hka Township, also known as Legya Township, is the former capital of Laihka State, one of the former southern Shan States. The township contains only one town- the principal town of , which contains 4 wards.
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  • Type: Locality with 44,300 residents
  • Description: township of Loilen District in the Shan State of Myanmar
  • Also known as: Laihka township” and “Legya Township

Lai-Hka Township

Latitude
21.2981° or 21° 17′ 53″ north
Longitude
97.7954° or 97° 47′ 44″ east
Population
44,300
Elevation
3,323 feet (1,013 metres)
Open location code
7MHV7QXW+65
Geo­Names ID
11154204
Wiki­data ID
Q17065365
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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Urdu—“Lai-Hka Township” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: လဲချား
  • Burmese: လဲချားနယ်
  • Burmese: လဲချားမြို့
  • Burmese: လဲချားမြို့နယ်
  • Chinese: 莱卡镇区
  • Ido: Komono Lai-Hka
  • Japanese: ライチャー郡区
  • Pa'o Karen: ဝေင်ꩻနယ်ႏရုဲင်ꩻခါး
  • Portuguese: Lai-Hka (município)
  • Portuguese: Lai-Hka
  • Shan: ၸႄႈဝဵင်းလၢႆးၶႃႈ
  • Shan: လၢႆးၶႃႈ၊ ၸႄႈဝဵင်း
  • Shan: ဝဵင်းလၢႆးၶႃႈ
  • Swedish: Laihka
  • Urdu: لائی-ہکا ٹاؤنشپ

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