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Kayin State ဖၠုံခါန်ႋကၞင့်
State
ကရင်ပြည်နယ်
Other transcription(s)
• Karen	k'nyaw kawseh
• Burmese	ka.rang pranynai
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Location of Kayin State in Myanmar
Coordinates: 17°0′N 97°45′E / 17.000°N 97.750°E / 17.000; 97.750
Country	Myanmar
Region	Southeast
Capital	Hpa-An
Government
• Chief Minister	Saw Myint Oo
• Cabinet	Kayin State Government
Area
• Total	30,382.8 km2 (11,730.9 sq mi)
• Rank	11th
Highest elevation (Nattaung)	2,623 m (8,606 ft)
Population  (2014 Census)[1]
• Total	1,574,079
• Rank	11th
• Density	52/km2 (130/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Karen, Kayin
Demographics
• Ethnicities	Karen (majority), Padaung, Bamar, Shan, Pa-O, Mon, Rakhine, Burmese-Thai
Time zone	UTC+06:30 (MMT)
HDI (2017)	0.527[2] low · 12th
Official language	Karen
Website	www.kayinstate.gov.mm

Kayin State (Eastern Pwo: ဖၠုံခါန်ႋကၞင့်; S'gaw Karen: ကညီကီၢ်စဲၣ်, pronounced [kɲɔkɔshæ], Burmese: ကရင်ပြည်နယ်, pronounced: [kəjɪ̀ɴ pjìnɛ̀]), also known by its former name Karen State, is a state of Myanmar. The capital city is Hpa-An, also spelled Pa-An.

The government of Kayin State is split into three branches: an executive (Kayin State Government), a legislative (Kayin State Hluttaw), and a judicial (Kayin State High Court).

Karen State has one city and nine towns. It has four districts, seven townships and 4092 villages.

• Hpa-an District
• Myawaddy District
• Kawkareik District
• Hpapun District
• Kyondoe District

• Hpa-an Township
• Hlaingbwe Township
• Hpapun Township
• Thandaunggyi Township
• Myawaddy Township
• Kawkareik Township
• Kyainseikgyi Township

Kayin State is very mountainous so the villages are very small. Lots of Kayin State's population is across the countryside in hundreds of villages.

Since the 1973 Census, the population of Karen State has increased from 858,429 to 1,055,359 in the 1983 census and 1,574,079 in the census of 2014.^[3]

Karen State has two airports, Hpapun Airport and Hpa-An Airport, but they aren't open to the public currently.