Loikaw

E685692

Loikaw is the principal urban center and administrative hub of Myanmar’s Kayah (Karenni) State, known for its surrounding hills, ethnic diversity, and traditional culture.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Loikaw canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ
administrativeDivisionLevel township capital ⓘ
capitalOf Kayah State ⓘ
country Myanmar ⓘ
governingBody Loikaw Township administration ⓘ
hasClimate tropical savanna climate (Aw) or borderline humid subtropical climate ⓘ
hasCulturalAttraction ethnic music and dance ⓘ
traditional Kayah festivals ⓘ
hasDemographicCharacteristic multi-ethnic population ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture-related commerce ⓘ
services ⓘ
trade ⓘ
hasEthnicDiversity true ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Bamar people ⓘ
linked to: Bamar

Karenni people ⓘ
Kayah people ⓘ
Kayan people ⓘ
linked to: Kayah people

Shan people ⓘ
hasFunction commercial center ⓘ
government administration center ⓘ
transport hub of Kayah State ⓘ
hasLocalLanguages Kayah languages ⓘ
Kayan languages ⓘ
linked to: Kayan language

Shan language ⓘ
hasNearbyGeographicalFeature hills ⓘ
plateau areas ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage Burmese ⓘ
hasReligiousSite Taung Kwe Pagoda ⓘ
hasTransport Loikaw Airport ⓘ
road connections to Naypyidaw ⓘ
road connections to Taunggyi ⓘ
isRegionalCapital true ⓘ
knownFor Taung Kwe Pagoda ⓘ
ethnic diversity ⓘ
surrounding hills ⓘ
traditional culture ⓘ
locatedIn Kayah State ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Kayah State ⓘ
locatedInContinent Asia ⓘ
locatedInRegion Southeast Asia ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Myanmar Standard Time ⓘ
partOf Loikaw Township ⓘ
eastern Myanmar ⓘ
role administrative hub of Kayah State ⓘ
principal urban center of Kayah State ⓘ
timeZoneOffset +06:30 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Karenni State → hasCapital → Loikaw ⓘ
Kayah State → capital → Loikaw ⓘ
Kayah State → largestCity → Loikaw ⓘ