Mawkanin (; ; also known as Ta Maw Kanin) is a large village in

Ye Township Ye Township (; Mon: ပွိုၚ်ဍုၚ်ရေဝ်) is the only Townships of Myanmar, township of Ye District () in the Mon State, Myanmar. The Ye District was formed in April 2022 by splitting the singular Ye Township from the rest of ...

Mawlamyine District Mawlamyine District () is a(Mon language :ခရီုမတ်မလီု) district of the Mon State in Myanmar (Burma). The capital is Mawlamyine town. The district covers an area of 6,084 km2, and had a population of 1,232,221 at the 201 ...

in the

Mon State Mon State (, ; ) is an administrative division of Myanmar. It lies between Kayin State to the east, the Andaman Sea to the west, Bago Region to the north and Tanintharyi Region to the south, also having a short border with Thailand's Kanchanabu ...

of southern

Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

. Mawkanin is on the coastal plain, about east of the town of Lamaing and about f Ye.

Geography

Mawkanin is located in the coastal plain and surrounded by Maw Ka Nin River along the north side. The elevation is from and the highest area is on the east side of the village.

Populations

According to the Myanmar Census 2014 report, the population in Mawkanin is 17,552 which are 8,403 males and 9,149 females.

Transport

Mawkanin lies on the National Highway 8 (Myanmar) which is connecting

Thaton Thaton (; ) is a town in Mon State, in southern Myanmar on the Tenasserim plains. Thaton lies along the National Highway 8 and is also connected by the National Road 85. It is southeast of Yangon and north of Mawlamyine. Thaton was the capit ...

Mawlamyine Mawlamyine (also spelled Mawlamyaing; , ; ; , ), formerly Moulmein, is the fourth-largest city in Myanmar (Burma), ''World Gazetteer'' southeast of Yangon and south of Thaton, at the mouth of Thanlwin (Salween) River. Mawlamyine was an ancient ...

Dawei Dawei (, ; , ; , RTGS: ''Thawai'', ; formerly known as Tavoy) is a city in south-eastern Myanmar and is the capital of the Tanintharyi Region, formerly known as the Tenasserim Division, on the eastern bank of the Dawei River. The city is about ...

, and Myeik and lt joins

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. Mawkanin is about south of

city and southeast of

Yangon Yangon, formerly romanized as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar. Yangon was the List of capitals of Myanmar, capital of Myanmar until 2005 and served as such until 2006, when the State Peace and Dev ...

city.

Education

Mawkanin has four secondary schools and five primary schools. * No.1 Basic Education High School(MawKanin) * No.2 Basic Education High School(MawKanin) * No.3 Basic Education High School(MawKanin) * Mon National Middle School(MawKanin) * No.4 Basic Education primary School(MawKanin) * Basic Education primary School(WaeTone) * Basic Education primary School(KawZwe) * Basic Education primary School(KawLaTwae) * Basic Education primary School(YwaTarYar)

Places to visit

Mawkanin Pagoda is unique architecture and quite different from other pagoda statues usually seen around the country, and easy to access other towns and villages nearby and in Ye town from Mawkanin. The most popular places around the Mawkanin are Lamaing (Kyaik kay La Tha pagoda), Kyaik Dat Maw Brat (Poppawadi Village), Kawdut(Gwan stone beach), Kyaung Ywa Two Creek Resort, Ye Town, and Ka Byar Wa Beach.

Climate

Mawkanin has a

tropical monsoon climate An area of tropical monsoon climate (occasionally known as a sub-equatorial, tropical wet climate or a tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate) is a tropical climate subtype that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification category ' ...

(

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...

''Am''). Temperatures are hot throughout the year, although maximum temperatures in the monsoon months are depressed by heavy clouds and rain. There is a winter dry season (November–April) and a summer wet season (May–October). Torrential rain falls from June to September, with over falling in August alone.

Gallery

File:Mawkanin mon school.jpg, Mon National school(Mawkanin) File:Mawkanin Ye lae pagoda.jpg, Ye Lae pagoda entrance File:Ye lae pagoda.jpg, Ye Lae pagoda

Notable Person

* Luangpho Uttama :First Mon Monk in

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

who fled to Thailand in 1948, avoiding abuse during the civil war in Burma.

Notes

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External links

"Mawkanin Map — Satellite Images of Mawkanin"
Maplandia World Gazetteer Populated places in Mon State