Kokang Self-Administered Zone

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The Kokang Self-Administered Zone is an autonomous administrative region in northeastern Myanmar inhabited mainly by ethnic Chinese Kokang people and governed under special self-rule arrangements.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Kokang 1
Kokang Self-Administered Zone canonical 1
Kokang region 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf autonomous administrative division ⓘ
self-administered zone ⓘ
administrativeCenter Laukkaing ⓘ
administrativeLevel sub-state division ⓘ
associatedArmedGroup Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army ⓘ
borderCharacteristic mountainous border with China ⓘ
borderWith China ⓘ
Yunnan Province ⓘ
capital Laukkaing ⓘ
commonlySpokenLanguage Chinese ⓘ
Mandarin ⓘ
linked to: Mandarin Chinese
conflictType site of ethnic armed conflict ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Myanmar ⓘ
deFactoAuthority ethnic armed organizations (periodically) ⓘ
deJureAuthority Government of Myanmar ⓘ
demographicFeature predominantly Chinese-speaking population ⓘ
economyCharacteristic border trade with China ⓘ
establishedUnder 2008 Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
ethnicComposition majority ethnic Chinese ⓘ
minority Bamar ⓘ
minority Shan ⓘ
ethnicRegionFor Kokang people ⓘ
governedBy Leading Body of Kokang Self-Administered Zone ⓘ
governingSystem self-administration ⓘ
hasAutonomyOver economic affairs ⓘ
local administration ⓘ
some security matters ⓘ
hasDeFactoControlHistory Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army ⓘ
hasMinorityReligion Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
hasSpecialStatusUnder 2008 Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
hasTypeOfGovernmentBody Leading Body ⓘ
historicalRegion Kokang region ⓘ
legalStatus self-administered zone under Myanmar law ⓘ
locatedIn Shan State ⓘ
northeastern Myanmar ⓘ
majorEthnicGroup Kokang people ⓘ
ethnic Chinese ⓘ
officialLanguage Burmese ⓘ
partOf Self-Administered Zones of Myanmar ⓘ
Union of Myanmar ⓘ
linked to: Myanmar
politicalStatus ethnic self-administered area ⓘ
recognizedBy Government of Myanmar ⓘ
relatedConflict Kokang conflict ⓘ
securitySituation militarized area ⓘ
timeZone Myanmar Standard Time ⓘ
utcOffset +06:30 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Shan State → selfAdministeredZone → Kokang Self-Administered Zone ⓘ
Kayah State → hasEthnicGroup → Kokang ⓘ
linked to: Kokang Self-Administered Zone
Kokang Self-Administered Zone → historicalRegion → Kokang region ⓘ
linked to: Kokang Self-Administered Zone