Kayah State
Kayah State
ကယားပြည်နယ် | |
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| Myanma transcription(s) | |
| • Burmese | ka. ya: prany nai |
Htee Zai Kha waterfall, border of Shan and Kayah State | |
Location of Kayah State in Myanmar | |
| Coordinates: 19°15′N 97°20′E / 19.250°N 97.333°E | |
| Country | Myanmar |
| Region | Upper |
| Before becoming State | Part of Federated Shan States |
| Establishment | 4 January 1948 |
| Direct rule by the Government | 1 October 1959 |
| Capital | Loikaw |
| Government | |
| • Chief Minister | TBD |
| • Cabinet | Kayah State Government |
| • Legislature | Kayah State Hluttaw |
| • Judiciary | Kayah State High Court |
| Area | |
• Total | 11,731.5 km2 (4,529.6 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 13th |
| Highest elevation (Nattaung) | 2,623 m (8,606 ft) |
| Population (2018) | |
• Total | 400,000 |
| • Rank | 15th |
| • Density | 34/km2 (88/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Kayah, Karenni |
| Demographics | |
| • Ethnicities | Kayah, Kayin, Padaung, Bamar, Shan, Pa-O |
| • Religions | Buddhism 49.9% Christianity 45.8% Animism 1.9% Islam 1.1% Hinduism 0.1% Other Religion 1.2% |
| Time zone | UTC+06:30 (MST) |
| HDI (2017) | 0.585 medium · 3rd |
| Website | www |
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Kayah State (Burmese: ကယားပြည်နယ်, pronounced [kəjá pjìnɛ̀]), or Karenni State, is a state of Myanmar. Situated in eastern Myanmar, it is bounded on the north by Shan State, on the east by Thailand's Mae Hong Son Province, and on the south and west by Kayin State. It lies approximately between 18° 30′ and 19° 55′ north latitude and between 96° 50′ and 97° 50′ east longitude. The area is 11,670 km2 (4,510 sq mi). Its capital is Loikaw (also spelt Loi-kaw). The estimated population in the 2014 Myanmar Census was 286,738, the smallest among Myanmar's seven states. It is inhabited primarily by the Karenni ethnic group, also known as Red Karen or Kayah, a Sino-Tibetan people. Even though Kayah State is the smallest state in Myanmar, it is still larger than Yangon Region.