Loilem
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Loilem or Loilen, also Loi-Lem or Loi-lem is a town
in the Shan State
of central-eastern Burma. It is the principal town in Loilem Township in Loilem District.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
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 central-eastern Burma. It is the principal town in Loilem Township in Loilem District.