Loikaw

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Loikaw is the principal urban center and administrative hub of Myanmar’s Kayah (Karenni) State, known for its surrounding hills, ethnic diversity, and traditional culture.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Loikaw canonical 3

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
human settlement
administrativeDivisionLevel township capital
capitalOf Kayah State
country Myanmar
governingBody Loikaw Township administration
hasClimate tropical savanna climate (Aw) or borderline humid subtropical climate
hasCulturalAttraction ethnic music and dance
traditional Kayah festivals
hasDemographicCharacteristic multi-ethnic population
hasEconomicActivity agriculture-related commerce
services
trade
hasEthnicDiversity true
hasEthnicGroup Bamar people
linked to: Bamar

Karenni people
Kayah people
Kayan people
linked to: Kayah people

Shan people
hasFunction commercial center
government administration center
transport hub of Kayah State
hasLocalLanguages Kayah languages
Kayan languages
linked to: Kayan language

Shan language
hasNearbyGeographicalFeature hills
plateau areas
hasOfficialLanguage Burmese
hasReligiousSite Taung Kwe Pagoda
hasTransport Loikaw Airport
road connections to Naypyidaw
road connections to Taunggyi
isRegionalCapital true
knownFor Taung Kwe Pagoda
ethnic diversity
surrounding hills
traditional culture
locatedIn Kayah State
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Kayah State
locatedInContinent Asia
locatedInRegion Southeast Asia
locatedInTimeZone Myanmar Standard Time
partOf Loikaw Township
eastern Myanmar
role administrative hub of Kayah State
principal urban center of Kayah State
timeZoneOffset +06:30

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Karenni State hasCapital Loikaw
Kayah State capital Loikaw
Kayah State largestCity Loikaw