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Kalaw District

Coordinates: 20°11′46″N 96°52′44″E / 20.196°N 96.879°E / 20.196; 96.879
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Kalaw District
ကလောခရိုင်
Hills near Inle Lake, Nyaungshwe Township
Hills near Inle Lake, Nyaungshwe Township
Kalaw District (Red) in Shan State
Kalaw District (Red) in Shan State
Coordinates: 20°11′46″N 96°52′44″E / 20.196°N 96.879°E / 20.196; 96.879
Country Myanmar
Region Shan State
CapitalKalaw
Time zoneMMT

Kalaw District (Burmese: ကလောခရိုင်) is a district in Shan State, Myanmar. It was split from Taunggyi District on 30 April 2022 and contains three townships.[1][2] Its district seat is Kalaw.

Popular tourist sites, Inle Lake and Inlay Lake Wetland Sanctuary lies in this district.[3][4]

Townships

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Townships in Kalaw District:

References

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  1. ^ "Expansion of new districts: New districts expanded in Nay Pyi Taw, regions and states". Myanmar International Television. 2 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Expansion of new districts in Nay Pyi Taw, regions and states". 2 May 2022.
  3. ^ by Zaw Win Than (17 March 2014). "Inle Lake 'not ready' for tourism boom". mmtimes.com. Retrieved 12 July 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Inlay Lake (wetland) Sanctuary". exploremyanmar.com. Retrieved 12 July 2014.