13.05.2561 Lai-Hka Township is a township of Loilen District in the Shan State of Myanmar.

13.05.2561 Lai-Hka Township is a township of Loilen District in the Shan State of Myanmar.

Lai-Hka Township

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This article is about the present-day administrative division. For the former Shan princely state, see Laihka State. For the town, see Lai-Hka.

Lai-Hka
Township
Pawrana Saeditaw Buddhist temple
Lai-Hka Location in Burma
Coordinates: 21°16′20″N 97°39′10″ECoordinates: 21°16′20″N 97°39′10″E
Country	Burma
State	Shan State
District	Loilem District
Elevation[1]	971 m (3,186 ft)
Time zone	MST (UTC+6.30)

Lai-Hka Township is a township of Loilen District in the Shan State of Myanmar. The principal town is Lai-Hka.

History[edit]

Lai-Hka Township has had a turbulent and unstable history, with conflicts between the Shan State Army-South(SSA-S) and the Burmese Army. In the first half of 2009, there were at least four battles every month and the SPDC retaliated against villagers by confiscating property, extortion and forced relocation.

At the end of July 2009,^[2] more than five hundred houses were burnt and 30 villages forcibly relocated in the township of Lai-Hka.^[3]

References[edit]

1. Jump up^ GoogleEarth
2. Jump up^ "Scorched earth victims ordered to rebuild houses". Burma Digest. August 28, 2008. Archived from the originalon September 1, 2009.
3. Jump up^ "Southern Shan State". Thailand Burma Border Consortium. Archived from the original on March 28, 2010. Retrieved February 28, 2010.

External links[edit]

•  Media related to Lai-Hka Township at Wikimedia Commons