Chinshwehaw

Chinshwehaw

ချင်းရွှေဟော်မြို့
Chinshwehaw ချင်းရွှေဟော်မြို့
Town
	Chinshwehaw Location in Myanmar
	Coordinates: 23°28′32″N 98°49′27″E / 23.475573°N 98.824194°E
Country	Myanmar
State	Shan State
Self-administered zone	Kokang
District	Laukkaing District
Township	Laukkaing Township
Population (2014)
• Town	4,889
• Urban	3,138
• Rural	2,752
Time zone	UTC+6.30 (MST)

Chinshwehaw (Burmese: ချင်းရွှေဟော်မြို့) is a town in Laukkaing Township, Laukkaing District, Shan State of Myanmar.^[2] The town borders Qingshuihe Village of the Gengma Dai and Va Autonomous County, Yunnan Province, China. The town is home to one of 5 official border trade posts with China, and opened on 19 October 2003.^[3] In 2022, total trade volume at the border post stood at US$283.396 million.^[4]

On 28 October 2023 it was reported that the town had come fully under control of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) during the ongoing civil war.^[5]

References

^ The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census Highlights of the Main Results Census Report Volume 2 – A. Department of Population Ministry of Immigration and Population. 2015. p. 65.
^ "District Map - Shan State (North)" (PDF). Myanmar Information Management Unit. September 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
^ "Border Trade Posts". Ministry of Commerce. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
^ "Border Trade Data". Ministry of Commerce. 2023-02-24. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
^ Zan, Hein Htoo (2023-10-28). "Ethnic Alliance Report Rapid Gains From Myanmar Junta Along Chinese Border". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 2023-10-28.

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