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 Lai-Hka, which contains 4 wards.
- Type: Locality with 44,300 residents
- Description: township of Loilen District in the Shan State of Myanmar
- Also known as: “Laihka township”, “Legya Township”, “လဲချား”, and “လဲချားမြို့”
Lai-Hka Township
- Categories: human settlement and township of Myanmar
- Location: Loilem District, Shan State, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
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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
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Urdu—“Lai-Hka Township” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “လဲချားနယ်”
- 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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