Township in Kachin State, Burma
Waimaw Township (Burmese: ဝိုင်းမော်မြို့နယ်) (Shan :ဝဵင်းမႂ်ႇ Tai nue:ᥝᥥᥒᥰᥛᥬᥱ เวียงใหม่)is a township of Myitkyina District in the Kachin State of Burma. The principal town is Waingmaw and other towns are Sadon and Kan Paik Ti.
In January 2017, Waimaw Township was home to two internally displaced persons camps, Zai Awng and Hkau Shau, which were hit by mortar fire.[1]
References
- ^ "China Turns Back Thousands of Myanmar Refugees Trying to Cross Border to Safety". Radio Free Asia. Archived from the original on January 12, 2017.
About 4,000 Myanmar refugees who attempted to flee across the border to safety in China after mortar shells fell in two internally displaced persons camps in Kachin state's Waimaw township on Wednesday were turned away by Chinese authorities, leaving them with nowhere to go in the conflict zone, a Kachin religious official said. Samson Hkalam, General Secretary of the Kachin Baptist Convention, a Myanmar Baptist denominational organization that assists refugees in the northern state, said the internal refugees from the Zai Awng and Hkau Shau camps are still on the road with no place to stay.
25°21′00″N 97°26′00″E / 25.3500°N 97.4333°E / 25.3500; 97.4333
