Kayin State

Kayin State (Eastern Pwo: ဖၠုံခါန်ႋကၞင့်; S'gaw Karen: ကညီကီၢ်စဲၣ်, pronounced [kɲɔkɔshæ], , ), also known by its former name Karen State, is a state of Myanmar. The capital city is Hpa-An, also spelled Pa-An.

 Government 
The government of Kayin State is split into three branches: an executive (Kayin State Government), a legislative (Kayin State Hluttaw), and a judicial (Kayin State High Court).

 Administrative divisions 
Karen State has one city and nine towns. It has four districts, seven townships and 4092 villages.

 Districts 

 Hpa-an District
 Myawaddy District
 Kawkareik District
 Hpapun District
 Kyondoe District

 Townships 

 Hpa-an Township
 Hlaingbwe Township
 Hpapun Township
 Thandaunggyi Township
 Myawaddy Township
 Kawkareik Township
 Kyainseikgyi Township

 Cities and towns 


 Villages and hamlets 
Kayin State is very mountainous so the villages are very small. Lots of Kayin State's population is across the countryside in hundreds of villages.

 Population 
Since the 1973 Census, the population of Karen State has increased from 858,429 to 1,055,359 in the 1983 census and 1,574,079 in the census of 2014.

 Transport 
Karen State has two airports, Hpapun Airport and Hpa-An Airport, but they aren't open to the public currently.

 References 


Category:States of Myanmar