Karen State

E80330

administrative division state of Myanmar

Karen State is a mountainous, ethnically diverse region in southeastern Myanmar known for its long-running conflict between Karen ethnic groups and the central government.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative division → state of Myanmar →
bordersAdministrativeRegion	Bago Region → Mon State → Tanintharyi Region →
bordersCountry	Thailand →
capital	Hpa-An →
commonlySpokenLanguage	Karen languages →
conflict	Karen → surface form: "Karen conflict"
country	Myanmar →
crossBorderRegionWith	Western Thailand →
ethnicGroup	Bamar → surface form: "Bamar people" Karen people → Mon people → Pa'O people → surface form: "Pa-O people" Shan people →
governingBody	Kayin State Government →
hasAlternativeName	Kayin State →
hasBorderCrossingWith	Thai–Myanmar border → surface form: "Thailand at Myawaddy"
hasEconomicActivity	agriculture → cross-border trade → logging →
hasInsurgentGroup	Karen National Liberation Army → Karen National Union →
hasMajorRiver	Thanlwin River →
hasMajorTown	Hpapun → Kawkareik → Myawaddy →
hasNaturalFeature	caves → limestone hills → rivers →
hasReligiousCommunity	Animists → Buddhists → Christianity → surface form: "Christians"
hasSecurityIssue	armed conflict → internal displacement of civilians →
isEthnicallyDiverse	true →
isMountainous	true →
knownFor	ethnic diversity → long-running ethnic conflict → mountain landscapes →
locatedIn	Thandaunggyi area → surface form: "Southeastern Myanmar"
officialLanguage	Burmese →
partOf	Myanmar → surface form: "Union of Myanmar"
terrain	forested → mountainous →
timeZone	Myanmar Standard Time →
utcOffset	+6:30 →

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Salween River → flowsThrough → Karen State →

Karen people → majorPopulationCenter → Karen State →

Cynthia Maung → placeOfBirth → Karen State →

Karen → populationCenter → Karen State →

subject surface form: "Karen people"

Mae Tao Clinic → regionServed → Karen State →