Loikaw

Loikaw is the largest city and the capital of , in . It is located in the Karen Hills area, near the State's northern tip, just above an embayment on the Pilu River.
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  • City with about 17,300 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 2,900 feet (880 metres)
  • …has the IATA airport code LIW
  • …is also known as “Lwègaw”
  • Description: capital settlement of Kayah State, Myanmar

Places of Interest

Highlights include Loikaw Airport.
is an airport in Loikaw, .
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Latitude
19.6742° or 19° 40′ 27″ north
Longitude
97.2094° or 97° 12′ 34″ east
UN/LOCODE
MM LIW
Open location code
7MFVM6F5+MQ
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Vietnamese—“Loikaw” goes by many names.
ሎይካAmharic
لويكاوArabic
LoikawAsturian
LoikawAzerbaijani
LoikawBasque
লইকাBengali
লইকাওBengali
လွိုက်ကော်မြို့Burmese
လွိုင်ကော်မြို့Burmese
Loi-kawCatalan
LoikawCebuano
Loikaw (kapital sa rehiyon sa Burma)Cebuano
垒固Chinese
壘固Chinese
LoikawDanish
LoikawDutch
لويكاوEgyptian Arabic
LoikawFinnish
ΛοϊκάουGreek
લોઈકોGujarati
LoikawHausa
לויקוHebrew
लोइकॉHindi
ल्वाइकौHindi
LoikawIndonesian
LoikawItalian
ロイカーJapanese
ロイコーJapanese
LoikawJavanese
ಲೋಯಿಕಾವ್Kannada
ЛойкаунKazakh
ЛойкаунKirghiz
로이코Korean
롸잉꼬Korean
LoecauumLatin
LoikoLatvian
LoikasLithuanian
LoikawMalay
लोइकॉMarathi
LoikawNorwegian
LoikawNorwegian Bokmål
LoikawOromo
ဝေင်ꩻလွယ်ကောႏPa'o Karen
ਲੋਇਕਾਓPanjabi
لویکاوPersian
LoikawPolish
LwaingkawPolish
لويكاوPushto
ЛойкоRussian
လွႆၶေႃShan
ဝဵင်းလွႆၶေႃShan
LwaingkawSilesian
ලොයිකව්Sinhala
LoikawSomali
LoikawSwahili
LoikawSwedish
Loikaw (regionhuvudort i Burma)Swedish
LoikawTagalog
LoykauTajik
லோயிகாTamil
LoikawTatar
లొవికోTelugu
ลอยกอThai
ลอยแก้วThai
LoikawTurkish
ЛойкоUkrainian
Лойко (місто)Ukrainian
لوئکاؤUrdu
لویکاؤUrdu
LoikawUzbek
LoikawVietnamese

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