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	Kayah State - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kayah, also called Karenni State is a state of Myanmar.
		Situated in eastern Myanmar it is bounded on the north by Shan State, on the east by Thailand’s Mae Hong Son province, and on the south and west by Kayin State.
		Kayah State has theoretical tourist potential, should the political situation ever be resolved.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kayah_State (641 words)

	Myanmar Tourism Services Co, Ltd. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Although Kayah State lies in the tropical zone, it is not as hot as it stands on the plateau, with Loikaw as capital city.
		The surface of Kayah State is undulating with mountain ranges of Loi Ho Hta (5,522') Si-Hso (5,129') and Hso-Kli Hso (5,150').
		Kayah State abounds with fascinating tourist destinations, idyllic sceneries, waterfalls and rapids, interestingly; there is a large natural tunnel, 19 km east of Loikaw.
	www.myanmartourismservice.com /kayah.htm (343 words)

	Kayah State
		Kayah State is situated in eastern Myanmar and bounded on the north by Shan State.
		on the east by Thailand and on the south and west by Kayin State.
		The resident national races are Kayah, Kayan (Padaung), Paye, Yinbaw, Yinkale, Paki Kayin and small racial groups such as Manumanao, Gaykho, Gaybar etc.
	www.yadanabon.com /kayah.htm (422 words)

	Ethnologue: Myanmar
		Northern Kayah State and Mobyè State of the southern Shan States.
		Kayah State, Mobyè State, town of Phekon in the southern Shan States, and hills east of Toungoo.
		Vicinity of Taunggyi, Shan State southward to Tavoy, Tenasserim State.
	www.christusrex.org /www3/ethno/Myan.html (3125 words)

	Untitled Document
		Kayah state is small but strategically located, bordering on Thailand to the east, Shan state to the north and Kawthoolei (Karen state) to the south.
		One possible site mentioned is at Weigyi on the Thai-Burma border, south of Kayah state on the edge of Burma's Salween Wildlife Sanctuary, where a long wire has been placed across the river.
		So the battle for control of Kayah state is, at least in part, a classic case of people fighting for control of their own natural resources.
	www.geocities.com /jdfahn/Karenni.htm (1426 words)

	Myanmar News
		Kayah National U Po Rai Aung Thein of Loikaw tabled a motion calling for active participation of the entire national people in the successful realization of the political roadmap of the State by doing their bit with Union Spirit.
		After the assumption of the State duties, the market-oriented economic system that encourages the private sector was introduced and the national economic projects that were being implemented were also changed to be in accord with the new economic policy.
		The political roadmap of the State to continue to be implemented for the emergence of the modern developed democratic nation and of a new enduring constitution in conformity with the 12 political, economic and social objectives is crucial for the State and the people.
	www.myanmars.net /myanmar-news-2003/myanmar-news-n030927.htm (6806 words)

	Encyclopedia: Kayah State (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Shan State is a state located in Myanmar (Burma), which takes its name from the Shan people, the majority ethnic group in the Shan State.
		The Kayin State is a administrative division of Myanmar and also known as Karen state.
		Loikaw or Loi-kaw(population estimate 11,000) is the capital of Kayah State in Myanmar (Burma).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Kayah-State (355 words)

	Chin State - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There are 11 townships in the Chin State: Cikha, Hakha, Falam, Kanpalet, Matupi, Mindat, Paletwa, Rihkhuadar, Thantlang, Tiddim and Tonzang.
		The indigenious people, also known as the Chin are dominant in Chin State.
		Owing to American Baptist missionaries' work, 93% of the population are Christians, mainly Chin.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chin_State (107 words)

	Kayin state - Myanmar - Burma
		Kayin (or Karen) state occupies eastern part of the Thaninthayi (Tenasserim) mountain range, and is bordered with Thailand's Tak and Mae Hong Son provinces on the east.
		Northern and eastern parts of the state are mountainous, and the low land slopes are found in the south and south-western areas that border Mon state.
		Pha-An to Loikaw (capital of Kayah state) road passing Phapun is under the development.
	www.asterism.info /states/5 (500 words)

	rubyland.net, KAYAH STATE
		Kayah State is just an hour's flight in the northeast of Yangon, the national capital.
		It is bordered by Thailand on the east, Kayin State on the south and west and Shan State on the north and northwest.
		It is the smallest among the seven states of Myanmar.
	www.rubyland.net /plkayah.htm (148 words)

	MODiNS [ Myanmar Online Information ]
		Location : Kayah State is situated in eastern Myanmar and bounded on the north by Shan State, on the cast by Thailand and on the south and west by Kayin State.
		The resident national races are Kayah, Kayan (Padaung), Paye Yinbaw, Yinkale, Paki Kayin and small racial groups such as Manumanao, Gaykho, Gaybar ect In addition, there are few numbers of Shan, Intha, Bamar living along Balu stream in the north.
		The area of the State is 4,529.564 sq.
	www.modins.net /MyanmarInfo/state_division/kayah.htm (441 words)

	Myanmar: Aftermath: Three years of dislocation in the Kayan state
		The Kayah State, one of the seven ethnic minority states in the Union of Myanmar, has a population of 250,000 people and is predominantly mountainous terrain where the Karenni people cultivate rice and other crops.
		When the Kayah State became a part of the Union of Burma in 1947, the KNPP [2] was established by those who took up arms to fight for independence.
		Forcible relocation as practiced by the tatmadaw in the Kayah State, appears to be carried out solely on account of the ethnic origin or the perceived political beliefs of the affected Karenni civilians.
	www.amnestyusa.org /regions/asia/document.do?id=36481D4E5223F1D48025690000692EAF (7542 words)

	Kayah state - eastern Myanmar
		Kayah state is bordered by Shan mountains to the north, Thailand's Mae Hong Son province to the east and Kayin (Karen) state to the south.
		Kayah is also called Red Kayin (red Karen or Kayin Ni) and are well-known for its long neck women or Padaung people.
		The car roads from Taungoo (Bago division) and from Kayin state are not recommended due to lack of safety and bad road conditions.
	www.asterism.info /states/10 (360 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Kayah (state Myanmar)
		Kayah (state, Myanmar), one of the states of Myanmar (formerly Burma), bounded on the north by Shan State, on the east and southeast by Thailand, and...
		The nation comprises Myanmar proper and the seven states of Chin, Kachin, Karen, Kayah, Mon, Rakhine, and Shan.
		Timelines seek to educate about history by using a linear visual display to represent the passing of time.
	encarta.msn.com /Kayah_(state_Myanmar).html (176 words)

	Myanmar News
		In the afternoon, they met members of Kayah State Peace and Development Council, departmental officials, chairmen and members of District and Township Peace and Development Councils, Tatmadawmen and their families of Loikaw Station, USDA members, representatives of social organizations and townselders at the town hall.
		Chairman of Kayah State Peace and Development Council Col Thein Swe reported on area of Kayah State, national races living in the state, sown acreage and cultivation of crops, rice and edible oil sufficiency in the region, education, health and regional developments and implementation of the economic plan.
		The State, at any appropriate time, is fulfilling all the necessary means for development of Panglong region and raising the economic, education and health standard of people living in Panglong.
	www.myanmars.net /myanmar-news-2003/myanmar-news-n030417.htm (3928 words)

	MODiNS [ Myanmar Online Information ]
		Kayin State shares the border with Yamethin District, Shan State and Kayah State in the north, Toungoo, Thaton and Mawlamyine districts in the west, Ye Township in the south and Thailand in the east.
		Kayin State has a hot and humid climate because of the mountain ranges that lie in its backdrop and its location, which is near the sea, in the tropics.
		The main rivers in the state are Thanlwin, Thaungyin and Attaran rivers.
	www.modins.net /MyanmarInfo/state_division/kayin.htm (625 words)

	MAR \| Data \| Assessment for Karens in Burma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Karen are ethnically related to the Karenni (also referred to as the Red Karen or Kayah) who reside in Burma's Kayah state and to the Pa-O who live in southern Shan state.
		The official language is used for instruction in all state schools, even in areas where ethnic groups are a majority of the population.
		Although Buddhism is not the official state religion, in recent decades the military junta has sought to elevate its status to the detriment of Burma's religious minorities.
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/mar/assessment.asp?groupId=77504 (940 words)

	THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR (Thursday, February 26, 2004) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The agricultural sector contributes 56 per cent to the turnovers of Shan State (North) and thus the agricultural sector plays a vital role in the economy of the region, he remarked.
		Measures are to be taken for cultivation of crops on all the cultivable land as well as extension of multiple cropping in Shan State (North) for the region does not have enough plain regions for agriculture, he disclosed.
		Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Soe Win and party met with local authorities of Muse District and Muse, Namhkam and Kutkai, departmental personnel, members of Union Solidarity and Development Association and social organizations and townselders at the town hall.
	www.talkaboutculture.com /group/soc.culture.asean/messages/66234.html (3138 words)

	Human Rights in Northern Karenni (Kayah) State
		The following account describing the situation in northern Karenni (Kayah) State and the southern tip of Shan State northwest of Loikaw was given by Khon Mar Ko Pan, who is Kayan and was elected as a Member of Parliament in the 1990 elections representing the DOKNU (Democratic Organisation for Kayan National Unity) Party.
		He was a delegate to SLORC's National Convention when it began in January 1993, but after one month he decided that the National Convention was just "a fraud which has been arranged by the SLORC only to perpetuate their inhuman, illegal and dictatorial rule in Burma", and left for the Revolutionary Areas.
		None of these orders come from the local military, they all come from the Kayah State SLORC, and this whole project is just for their own purposes and profit.
	ibiblio.org /freeburma/humanrights/khrg/archive/khrg94/94_04_10.html (2699 words)

	Chronology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The guerrillas state that the current fighting is aimed at resisting government efforts to allocate Shan State land to another ethnic minority, the Wa.
		In Shan state and neighboring Kayah state, old villages have been burned and looted, while the relocated residents face appalling conditions and are subject to be forced labor on road construction projects (Ibid.).
		February 27, 1997: Members of the Shan United Revolutionary Army, the Kayah State's 2nd Division, the Wa National Organization, and the Lahu of the LDF are preventing Burmese troops from crossing the Salween River and entering areas west of the Kayah military stronghold.
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/mar/data/burshanchro.htm (5670 words)

	Kayah State - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Kayah State - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Kayah State contains research on
		Kayah State, Demographics, Organization, Economy, History, External link and States of Myanmar.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Kayah_State (655 words)

	Introduction to Shan State (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Shan State is bordered on the northeast by China, on the east and southeast by Laos and Thailand, domestically bordered in the north by Kachin State, on the south by Kayah State, and on the west by Mandalay and Sagaing divisions.
		Many of the small rivers and streams that flow through the Shan State into the three "Mother rivers", can be harnessed for hydroelectric power and irrigation, should the economy of the country demand it.
		This language is spoken in the Shan State of Burma, in Northern Thailand, Yunnan of Southern China, Lao and Assam of India.
	www.shan-orphans.org /index-9.html (798 words)

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		The post was then leased to the U.S. Anza-Borrego Desert State Park ANZA-BORREGO DESERT STATE PARK [Anza-Borrego Desert State Park] c.639 sq mi (1,655 sq km), S Calif., occupying most of E San Diego co. and neighboring portions of Riverside and Imperial cos.; est.
		Part of the Colorado Desert, the park is the largest desert state park in the contiguous 48
	www.encyclopedia.com /search.asp?target=State+park&rc=10&fh=30&fr=21 (462 words)

	Directory Plug - Regional Asia Myanmar States and Divisions Kayah State - Free Directory Listings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The divisions and states are subdivided into kayaing (districts) and substates.
		Area of Kayah State is 4529.564 square miles and population of State is 246,000.
		States (pyi): Kachin State Kayah State Kayin State Chin State Mon State Rakhine State Shan State Divisions (taing...
	www.rovisoft.com /Regional/Asia/Myanmar/States_and_Divisions/Kayah_State (238 words)

	Travel Myanmar Tourist Destination Information - Kayah state (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Kayah State known in Myanmar Literature as Ngwe Taung Pyay, the country of somas.
		Being close to Shan State, Kayin State and Myanmar Upper many nationalities living there such as the Kayahs, Shans, Innthars, Paos, Paye`, Gekho, Danu Manaw, Padaung, Yinbaw, Yintale, Pagu etcand.There are many high hills and mountains in Kayah State.
		Kayan people who inhabit the Kayah State, which lies to the southeast of the Shan State are famous for the special feature of their culture, which makes them outstanding and quaint, is the tradition of adorning their women, with bronze rings round their necks, ankles and legs.
	www.myanmartourex.com /travel_myanmar_destinations/travel_info_kayar_state.shtml (511 words)

	GB.273/MYANMA3B - Governing Body
		In Shan State, people were forced to work on a number of railway construction projects, including a railway from Shwenyaung to Namhsam since 1993, a section of railway from Namhsam to Mongnai since 1992, and a section of railway from Laikha to Mongkaing in 1996.
		In a communication addressed to the Commission TOTAL stated that it was wrong to claim that the preparatory clearing work could have been undertaken by forced labourers for the purpose of facilitating the access of the project teams.
		Witness 113 stated that all the villages in Kayah State took part in the construction of the State railways.
	www.ilo.org /public/english/standards/relm/gb/docs/gb273/myanma3b.htm (9655 words)

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