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Kayah State (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 19 15 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 19.2500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 097 30 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 97.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Mountainous state of eastern Myanmā, bordered by Thailand; comprises former feudal states Kantarawadi, Bawlake, and Kyebogyi; people are ethnic Karens, an Indo-Chinese tribe; Kayah not part of British Burma but administered by own chiefs until 1947. |
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| Kayah State (preferred,C,V,display,O)
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............ | name changed from Karenni, 1952 |
| Kayah (C,V)
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| BM06 (C,O,FIPS)
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| Karenni District (C,U)
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| Kaya State (C,U)
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| État de Kayah (C,U,French)
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| Kayahstaten (C,U,Swedish)
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| Karenni State (H,O)
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............ | name changed to Kayah, 1952 |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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| state (preferred, C) |
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gained statehood 1947, as Karenni State |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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