Kokang Self-Administered Zone

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The Kokang Self-Administered Zone is an autonomous administrative region in northeastern Myanmar inhabited mainly by ethnic Chinese Kokang people and governed under special self-rule arrangements.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Kokang 1
Kokang Self-Administered Zone canonical 1
Kokang region 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf autonomous administrative division
self-administered zone
administrativeCenter Laukkaing
administrativeLevel sub-state division
associatedArmedGroup Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army
borderCharacteristic mountainous border with China
borderWith China
Yunnan Province
capital Laukkaing
commonlySpokenLanguage Chinese
Mandarin
linked to: Mandarin Chinese
conflictType site of ethnic armed conflict
continent Asia
country Myanmar
deFactoAuthority ethnic armed organizations (periodically)
deJureAuthority Government of Myanmar
demographicFeature predominantly Chinese-speaking population
economyCharacteristic border trade with China
establishedUnder 2008 Constitution of Myanmar
ethnicComposition majority ethnic Chinese
minority Bamar
minority Shan
ethnicRegionFor Kokang people
governedBy Leading Body of Kokang Self-Administered Zone
governingSystem self-administration
hasAutonomyOver economic affairs
local administration
some security matters
hasDeFactoControlHistory Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army
hasMinorityReligion Buddhism
Christianity
hasSpecialStatusUnder 2008 Constitution of Myanmar
hasTypeOfGovernmentBody Leading Body
historicalRegion Kokang region
legalStatus self-administered zone under Myanmar law
locatedIn Shan State
northeastern Myanmar
majorEthnicGroup Kokang people
ethnic Chinese
officialLanguage Burmese
partOf Self-Administered Zones of Myanmar
Union of Myanmar
linked to: Myanmar
politicalStatus ethnic self-administered area
recognizedBy Government of Myanmar
relatedConflict Kokang conflict
securitySituation militarized area
timeZone Myanmar Standard Time
utcOffset +06:30

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Referenced by (3)

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

Shan State selfAdministeredZone Kokang Self-Administered Zone
Kayah State hasEthnicGroup Kokang
linked to: Kokang Self-Administered Zone
Kokang Self-Administered Zone historicalRegion Kokang region
linked to: Kokang Self-Administered Zone