Kokang Self-Administered Zone
Kokang Self-Administered Zone
ကိုးကန့်ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရဒေသ 果敢自治区 | |
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Location in Shan State | |
| Country | Myanmar |
| State | Shan State |
| No. of townships | 2 |
| Created | 20 August 2010 |
| De jure ceased | 5 January 2024 |
| Capital | Laukkai |
| Government | |
| • Chairman | Tun Tun Myint (de jure) vacant (de facto) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,844.1 km2 (712.0 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,582 m (5,189 ft) |
| Population (2014) | |
• Total | 154,912 |
| Time zone | UTC+6.30 (MMT) |
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| Simplified Chinese | 果敢自治区 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 果敢自治區 | ||||||
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| Burmese | ကိုးကန့် ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရ ဒေသ | ||||||
| IPA | [kóka̰ɰ̃ kòbàɪɰ̃ ʔoʊʔtɕʰoʊʔ kʰwɪ̰ɰ̃ja̰ dèθa̰] | ||||||
The Kokang Self-Administered Zone (Burmese: ကိုးကန့် ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရ ဒေသ, Chinese: 果敢自治区), also Laukkaing District (Burmese: လောက်ကိုင်ခရိုင်) as stipulated by the 2008 Constitution of Myanmar, is a former de jure self-administered zone in northern Shan State. The zone is intended to be self-administered by the Kokang people. Its official name was announced by decree on 20 August 2010. It is recognized as illegal by the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA).