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Karen people, Pa'O people The Karenni ( Burmese : ကရင်နီ , lit. ' red Karen ' ), also known as the Kayah ( Burmese : ကယားလူမျိုး ) or Kayah Li ( Karenni : ꤊꤢ꤬ꤛꤢ꤭ꤜꤟꤤ꤬ ), are a Karen people native to the Kayah State of Myanmar (Burma).
Kayah State (Burmese: ကယားပြည်နယ်, pronounced [kəjá pjìnɛ̀]), or Karenni State, is a state of Myanmar. Situated in eastern Myanmar, it is bounded on the north by Shan State, on the east by Thailand's Mae Hong Son Province, and on the south and west by Kayin State. It lies approximately between 18° 30′ and 19° 55 ...
A Kayan Lahwi girl. The Kayan are a subgroup of the Red Karen (Karenni people), a Tibeto-Burman ethnic minority of Myanmar (Burma). The Kayan consists of the following groups: Kayan Lahwi (also called Padaung, ပဒေါင် [bədàʊɰ̃]), Kayan Ka Khaung (Gekho), Kayan Kadao, Kayan Lahta (Zayein people), Kayan Ka Ngan, Kayan Kakhi, and sometimes, Bwe people (Kayaw).
(i.e. Kayah and Pa’O are Karen sub groups so government merge them into a one single ethnic identity.) Myanmar (Burma) is an ethnically diverse nation with 135 distinct ethnic groups officially recognised by the Burmese government. These are grouped into eight "major national ethnic races": Bamar; Kayin; Rakhine; Shan; Mon; Chin; Kachin; Karenni
The Karenni States, also known as Red Karen States, was the name formerly given to the states inhabited mainly by the Red Karen, in the area of present-day Kayah State, eastern Burma. They were located south of the Federated Shan States and east of British Burma .
The Karen people live mostly in the hills bordering the eastern mountainous region and Irrawaddy delta of Myanmar, [18] primarily in Kayin State (formerly Karen State), with some in Kayah State, southern Shan State, Ayeyarwady Region, Tanintharyi Region, Bago Division and in northern [19] and western Thailand.
Government of Myanmar: Website: www.kayahstate.gov.mm: Kayah State Government is the cabinet of Kayah State. The cabinet is led by a chief minister. [1] [2] ...
The Mon (Mon: ဂကူမန် listen ⓘ; Thai Mon: ဂကူမည်; Burmese: မွန်လူမျိုး, pronounced [mʊ̀ɰ̃ lù mjó]; Thai: มอญ, pronounced listen ⓘ) are an ethnic group who inhabit Lower Myanmar's [2] Mon State, Kayin State, Kayah State, [3] Tanintharyi Region, Bago Region, the Irrawaddy Delta, and several areas in Thailand (mostly in Pathum Thani ...