Kawthaung

Kawthaung is a border town located in the southernmost part of , in the . During British rule in Burma between 1824 and 1948, it was known as Victoria Point.
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  • Type: City with 57,900 residents
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “Kau Saung”, “Kawsong”, “Kawsung”, and “Pulodua”
  • Historically known as: “Victoria Point”

Kawthaung

Latitude
9.9833° or 9° 58′ 60″ north
Longitude
98.5512° or 98° 33′ 4″ east
Population
57,900
Elevation
361 feet (110 metres)
IATA airport code
KAW
United Nations Location Codes
MM KAW and MM VIC
Open location code
6MXWXHM2+8F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 301202792
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1319573
Wiki­data ID
Q978611
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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Vietnamese—“Kawthaung” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “ကော့သောင်မြို့”
  • Burmese: “ကော့သောင်းမြို့”
  • Burmese: “ဝိတိုရိယအငူ”
  • Chinese: “高当”
  • Chinese: “高當”
  • Dutch: “Kawthaung”
  • French: “Kawthaung”
  • German: “Kawthaung”
  • German: “Kawthoung”
  • German: “Victoria Point”
  • Irish: “Kawthaung”
  • Italian: “Kawthaung”
  • Japanese: “コータウン”
  • Japanese: “コートーン”
  • Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻကော့တောင်း”
  • Polish: “Kawthaung”
  • Russian: “Кодаун”
  • Shan: “ၵေႃႉတွင်း၊ ဝဵင်း”
  • Shan: “ၵေႃႉတွင်း”
  • Shan: “ဝဵင်းၵေႃႉတွင်း”
  • Shan: “ဝဵင်း​​ၵေႃႉသွင်”
  • Spanish: “Kawthaung”
  • Thai: “เกาะสอง”
  • Ukrainian: “Котаун”
  • Ukrainian: “Котаунг”
  • Vietnamese: “Kawthaung”

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