Hpapun Township ( my, ဖာပွန်မြို့နယ်,

MLCTS The Myanmar Language Commission Transcription System (1980), also known as the MLC Transcription System (MLCTS), is a transliteration system for rendering Burmese in the Latin alphabet. It is loosely based on the common system for romanization of ...

: ''hpa.pwan.mrui.nay''; kjp, ဖာပံင်ကၞင့်; ksw, ဖးဖူကီၢ်ဆၣ်; also known by the

Karen people The Karen, kjp, ပ်ုဖၠုံဆိုဒ်, my, ကရင်လူမျိုး, , th, กะเหรี่ยง ( ), also known as the Kayin, Kariang or Kawthoolese, are an ethnolinguistic group of Sino-Tibetan language ...

as Mutraw or Bu Tho Township) is a

township A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...

of Hpapun District in the Karen State of

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

. It lies on the border of Thailand across the

Salween River , ''Mae Nam Salawin'' ( , name_etymology = , image = Sweet_View_of_Salween_River_in_Tang_Yan_Township,_Shan_State,_Myanmar.jpg , image_size = , image_caption = Salween River in Shan State, Myanmar , map ...

. The central part of the township is bounded on the west by the Yunzalin River. Hpapun Township's administrative center is Papun.

References

"Forced Relocation Sites in Papun (Mu Traw) District, Karen State, Map by CIDKP Dec. 2000"
in "13. Internally Displaced People and Forced Relocation" ''Facts on Human Rights Violation in Burma: 2002-2003'', Online Burma/Myanmar Library Townships of Kayin State {{Kayin-geo-stub