Kawlin

Town in Sagaing Region, Myanmar

Kawlin

ကောလင်းမြို့

Town

Kawlin

Location in Myanmar

Coordinates: 23°47′25″N 95°40′50″E﻿ / ﻿23.79028°N 95.68056°E﻿ / 23.79028; 95.68056
Country|  Myanmar
Region| Sagaing Region
District| Kawlin District
Township| Kawlin Township
Area

• Total

| 1.06 sq mi (2.75 km2)
Elevation

| 604 ft (184 m)
Population

(2019)[1]

| 25,254
• Ethnicities

| Bamar
• Religions

| Buddhism
Time zone| UTC+6.30 (MST)

Kawlin (ကောလင်းမြို့) is a town in the Sagaing Division in Myanmar.[2] Since December 2018 it has been the administration headquarters for Kawlin District as well as Kawlin Township. As of 2019, the town had a population of 25,254,[3] up from 21,431 in 2014.[4] The town is further subdivided into 8 wards.[1]

In late 2023, Kawlin became the first district capital to fall to resistance forces in the 2021 Myanmar civil war.[5]

## History

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Under the Burmese monarchy governors of Kawlin were by royal appointment. The site of the old town where they ruled is about a mile west of Kawlin, and is reduced to a village. The new town of Kawlin was formed by consolidating the former villages of Taungin (တောင်အင်း) and Northin (မြောက်အင်းခေါ်).[2]

On 6 November 2023, the town came fully under control of the People’s Defense Forces (PDF) during the ongoing civil war.[5] By December 2023, it was restored to full civilian rule.[6] However, Tatmadaw forces recaptured the town on February 10, 2024.[7] Around 80 percent of the town has reportedly been destroyed when Tatmadaw forces started burning homes in the aftermath of their recapture of the town. [8]

## See also

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* Sagaing Region

## References

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1. ^ a b Myanmar Information Management Unit (2019). Kawlin Myone Daethasaingyarachatlatmya ကေလင်းမြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ [Kawlin Township Regional Information] (PDF) (Report). MIMU. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
2. ^ a b ကောလင်းမြို့ [Kawlin]. Burmese Encyclopedia. Vol. 1\. Hertford, England: Stephen Austin & Sons Ltd. p. 267. (page 43 in part B of volume 1 in the pdf file)
3. ^ စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်းဒေသကြီး၊ ကောလင်းခရိုင်၊ကောလင်းမြို့နယ်၏ ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်အလက် [Sagaing Region Local information for Kawlin District, Kawlin Township] (in Burmese). Ministry of Union Government Office (MOUGO), Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022.
4. ^ "Myanmar: Regions, States, Major Cities & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
5. ^ a b Irrawaddy, The (2023-11-06). "Myanmar Resistance Seizes First District-Level Town in Sagaing as Offensive Expands". The Irrawaddy. Archived from the original on November 29, 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
6. ^ Full Civilian Rule Restored in First Large Town Seized by Myanmar Resistance: NUG. December 4, 2023. The Irrawaddy Archived January 9, 2024, at the Wayback Machine
7. ^ Myanmar Junta Retakes Town From Civilian Government in Sagaing Region. The Irrawaddy. February 13, 2024 Archived February 13, 2024, at the Wayback Machine
8. ^ "Town Almost Razed to Ground After Being Retaken by Myanmar Junta Troops". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 2024-02-27.

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Sagaing Region

Capital: Monywa

Hkamti District|

* Hkamti Township (Hkamti)

Homalin District|

* Homalin Township (Homalin)

Kale District|

* Kale Township (Kalaymyo)
* Kalewa Township (Kalewa)
* Mingin Township (Mingin)

Kanbalu District|

* Kanbalu Township (Kanbalu)
* Kyunhla Township (Kyunhla)

Katha District|

* Banmauk Township (Banmauk)
* Htigyaing Township (Htigyaing)
* Indaw Township (Indaw)
* Katha Township (Katha)

Kawlin District|

* Kawlin Township (Kawlin)
* Pinlebu Township (Pinlebu)
* Wuntho Township (Wuntho)

Mawlaik District|

* Mawlaik Township (Mawlaik)
* Paungbyin Township (Paungbyin)

Monywa District|

* Ayadaw Township (Ayadaw)
* Budalin Township (Budalin)
* Chaung-U Township (Chaung-U)
* Monywa Township (Monywa)

Naga Self-Administered Zone|

* Lahe Township (Lahe)
* Leshi Township (Leshi)
* Nanyun Township (Nanyun)

Sagaing District|

* Myaung Township (Myaung)
* Myinmu Township (Myinmu)
* Sagaing Township (Sagaing)

Shwebo District|

* Khin-U Township (Khin-U)
* Shwebo Township (Shwebo)
* Wetlet Township (Wetlet)

Tamu District|

* Tamu Township (Tamu)

Ye-U District|

* Tabayin Township (Tabayin)
* Taze Township (Taze)
* Ye-U Township (Ye-U)

Yinmabin District|

* Kani Township (Kani)
* Pale Township (Pale)
* Salingyi Township (Salingyi)
* Yinmabin Township (Yinmabin)

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