Kawthaung
Kawthaung is a border town located in the southernmost part of Myanmar, in the Tanintharyi Region. During British rule in Burma between 1824 and 1948, it was known as Victoria Point.
- City with 57,900 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 361 feet (110 metres)
- …has the IATA airport code KAW
- …was formerly known as “Victoria Point”
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as“Kau Saung”“Kawsong”“Kawsung”“Pulodua”“ကော့သောင်း”
Kawthaung
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Latitude
9.9833° or 9° 58′ 60″ north
Longitude
98.5512° or 98° 33′ 4″ east
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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”
- Shan: “ဝဵင်းၵေႃႉတွင်း”
- Shan: “ဝဵင်းၵေႃႉသွင်”
- Spanish: “Kawthaung”
- Thai: “เกาะสอง”
- Ukrainian: “Котаун”
- Ukrainian: “Котаунг”
- Vietnamese: “Kawthaung”
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