Kawkareik Township

Kawkareik Township (Pwo Eastern Karen: ကောဝ်တြာ်ကၞင့်; Burmese: ကော့ကရိတ်မြို့နယ်, Burmese pronunciation: [kɔ̰kəɹeɪʔ mjo̰nɛ̀]; S'gaw Karen: ကီၢ်ကရံၣ်ကီၢ်ဆၣ်) is the only township of Kawkareik District in the Karen State of Myanmar (Burma). The principal town is Kawkareik. Kawkareik township is the second most populated township in Karen State^[2] and there are many small villages inside. In 2022, the Ministry of Home Affairs split up Kawkareik District, leaving the township as the only township of the district.^[3][4]

Kawkareik Township Burmese: ကော့ကရိတ်မြို့နယ် S'gaw Karen: ကီၢ်ကရံၣ်ကီၢ်ဆၣ်
Township
Location in Karen State (in red)
Country	Myanmar
State	Karen State
District	Kawkareik District
Capital	Kawkareik
Area
• Total	932 sq mi (2,413 km2)
Elevation	55 ft (17 m)
Population  (2019)[1]	291,941
• Ethnicities	Karen Mon Bamar
• Religions	Buddhism Christianity
Time zone	UTC+6:30 (MST)