Kutkai Township
Encyclopedia
Kutkai Township is a township
of Muse District in the Shan State
of eastern Burma. The principal town is Kutkai
.
It shares the border with Laukkai Township aka Laukkaing Township
of Laukkaing District
in the east. It shares the borders with Muse Township in the north, Kunlong Township
and Salween River
in the east, Hsenwi Township in the south, Namhkam Township aka Nanhkan Township
and Namtu Township
in the west. it was formed with 6 wards, 75 village tracts and 640 villages on 15 July 1972. It has 16 wards, 69 village tracts and 463 villages in 2009. Its population is over 120,000 in 2009.
It has rain from May to October and average rain fall of 70 inches in 119 days a year. Its attitude is over 4,400 feet above sea level and its temperature is not over 30 degree Celsius. It is 7.06 square miles.
There are 4 high schools, 1 high school (branch), 5 middle schools, 3 middle schools (branch), 20 post-primary schools and 102 primary schools.
There are 2 hospitals of 25 bedded, 3 hospitals of 16 bedded, 7 rural health care centers, 35 rural health care centers (branch) and 2 station health care centers.
No.4 Brigade of Kachin Independence Army is active in that area. Battalion 8 is near Nam Hpak Ka and Battalion 9 is near the Dak Nai, Kutkai.
It has 11,145 acres of forest reserved, 469,169 acres of protected forest and 6,160 acres of teak plantation. About 44% of township area is covered with forests.
Township
The word township is used to refer to different kinds of settlements in different countries. Township is generally associated with an urban area. However there are many exceptions to this rule. In Australia, the United States, and Canada, they may be settlements too small to be considered urban...
of Muse District in the Shan State
Shan State
Shan State is a state of Burma . Shan State borders China to the north, Laos to the east, and Thailand to the south, and five administrative divisions of Burma in the west. Largest of the 14 administrative divisions by land area, Shan State covers 155,800 km², almost a quarter of the total...
of eastern Burma. The principal town is Kutkai
Kutkai
Kutkai is a town and seat of Kutkai Township, in the Shan State of eastern-central Burma. It lies along National Highway 3, approximately 24 kilometres to the north of Lashio .-History:...
.
It shares the border with Laukkai Township aka Laukkaing Township
Laukkaing Township
Laukkaing Township is a township of Laukkaing District in the Shan State of Burma. The principal town is Laukkai aka Laukkaing.The township is sharing border with Kongyan Township and People's Republic of China in the north, People's Republic of China in the east, Kunlong Township in the south and...
of Laukkaing District
Laukkaing District
Laogai District is a district of the Shan State in Myanmar. It consists 2 towns and 333 villages.It is Kokang self Administered Zone according to Myanmar Constitution .-Townships:The district contains the following townships:...
in the east. It shares the borders with Muse Township in the north, Kunlong Township
Kunlong Township
Kunlong Township is a township of Kunlong District in the Shan State of Burma. The principal town is Kunlong....
and Salween River
Salween River
The Salween is a river, about long, that flows from the Tibetan Plateau into the Andaman Sea in Southeast Asia. It drains a narrow and mountainous watershed of that extends into the countries China, Burma and Thailand. Steep canyon walls line the swift, powerful and undammed Salween, one of the...
in the east, Hsenwi Township in the south, Namhkam Township aka Nanhkan Township
Nanhkan Township
Nanhkan Township aka NamHkam Township is a township of Mu Se District in the Shan State of eastern Burma. The principal town is Namhkam. It is not a big city. Nice place to live. Just a few miles away from Mu Se.Shan and Kachin are majority in that area...
and Namtu Township
Namtu Township
Namtu Township is a township of Kyaukme District in the Shan State of eastern Burma. The principal town is Namtu....
in the west. it was formed with 6 wards, 75 village tracts and 640 villages on 15 July 1972. It has 16 wards, 69 village tracts and 463 villages in 2009. Its population is over 120,000 in 2009.
It has rain from May to October and average rain fall of 70 inches in 119 days a year. Its attitude is over 4,400 feet above sea level and its temperature is not over 30 degree Celsius. It is 7.06 square miles.
There are 4 high schools, 1 high school (branch), 5 middle schools, 3 middle schools (branch), 20 post-primary schools and 102 primary schools.
There are 2 hospitals of 25 bedded, 3 hospitals of 16 bedded, 7 rural health care centers, 35 rural health care centers (branch) and 2 station health care centers.
No.4 Brigade of Kachin Independence Army is active in that area. Battalion 8 is near Nam Hpak Ka and Battalion 9 is near the Dak Nai, Kutkai.
Economic
Major business is agriculture and livestock breeding. Paddy, corn, groundnut, sesame, sunflower, black gram, green gram, pigeon peas, cotton and sugarcane are grown. tea, walnut, coffee, rubber and tapioca are grown as poppy substitutes. It has 92,491 acres of arable lands. Paddy fields are about 16,882, other crops are 36,645 acres, hilly farmlands are 6,850 acres and gardens are 31,869 acres.It has 11,145 acres of forest reserved, 469,169 acres of protected forest and 6,160 acres of teak plantation. About 44% of township area is covered with forests.