Kawlin

Kawlin (ကောလင်းမြို့) is a town in the Sagaing Division in Myanmar.[1] 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,[2] up from 21,431 in 2014.[3]

History

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).[1]

See also

References
  1. 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)
  2. 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.
  3. "Myanmar: Regions, States, Major Cities & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2021-04-01.

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