Chinshwehaw
ချင်းရွှေဟော်မြို့
Town
Chinshwehaw is located in Myanmar
Chinshwehaw
Chinshwehaw
Location in Myanmar
Coordinates: 23°28′32″N 98°49′27″E / 23.475573°N 98.824194°E / 23.475573; 98.824194
Country Myanmar
State Shan State
Self-administered zoneKokang
DistrictLaukkaing District
TownshipLaukkaing Township
Population
 (2014)[1]
 • Town4,889
 • Urban
3,138
 • Rural
2,752
Time zoneUTC+6.30 (MST)

Chinshwehaw (Burmese: ချင်းရွှေဟော်မြို့) is a town in Laukkaing Township, Laukkaing District, Shan State of Myanmar.[2]The town borders Qingshuihe Village of the Gengma Dai and Va Autonomous County, Yunnan Province, China. The town is home to one of 5 official border trade posts with China, and opened on 19 October 2003.[3] In 2022, total trade volume at the border post stood at US$283.396 million.[4]

On 28 October 2023 it was reported that the town had come fully under control of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) during the ongoing civil war.[5]

References

  1. ^ The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census Highlights of the Main Results Census Report Volume 2 – A. Department of Population Ministry of Immigration and Population. 2015. p. 65.
  2. ^ "District Map - Shan State (North)" (PDF). Myanmar Information Management Unit. September 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Border Trade Posts". Ministry of Commerce. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
  4. ^ "Border Trade Data". Ministry of Commerce. 2023-02-24. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
  5. ^ Zan, Hein Htoo (2023-10-28). "Ethnic Alliance Report Rapid Gains From Myanmar Junta Along Chinese Border". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
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