Hsawlaw
Hsawlaw is the smallest town in Kachin State, Myanmar. It is also the third smallest municipality in the whole country. The placename is likely derived from the Lhaovo words meaning "hard to breathe".- Type: Town
- Description: human settlement in Myanmar
- Also known as: “Tsaw Law”, “Tsawlaw”, and “Upper Tsaw Law”
Hsawlaw
- Categories: human settlement, town in Myanmar, and locality
- Location: Hsawlaw Township, Myitkyina District, Kachin State, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
26.15378° or 26° 9′ 14″ northLongitude
98.27113° or 98° 16′ 16″ eastOpen location code
7MRW573C+GFOpenStreetMap ID
node 4377148196OpenStreetMap feature
place=townWikidata ID
Q5924143
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Uzbek—“Hsawlaw” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ဆော့လော်မြို့”
- Chinese: “绍劳”
- Dutch: “Hsawlaw”
- Irish: “Hsawlaw”
- Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻသောလော်”
- Shan: “ဝဵင်းသေႃႉလေႃႇ”
- Shan: “သေႃႉလေႃႇ၊ ဝဵင်း”
- Uzbek: “Hsawlaw”
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