Kayin State

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ကရင္‌‌ပ္ရည္‌နယ္‌
Kayin State

(MLCTS: ka.yang pranynai)
Capital Pa-an
Region South
Area 30,383 km²
Population 1,431,377
Ethnicities Kayin, Padaung, Bamar, Shan, Pa-O, Mon, Rakhine
Religions Buddhism, Christianity, animism

Kayin State is an administrative division of Myanmar and also known as Karen State. The capital city is Pa-an. Control of the area is disputed between the military government of Myanmar and Karen groups, who refer to the area as Kawthoolei.

The ethnic Karen are organised into a political wing, the Karen National Union (KNU), and an army wing, Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA).

The Karen people in Myanmar are Christian, Buddhist and animist. Most Christian Karens are Baptists.

Myanmar is ruled by a military government with a very poor record of respecting human rights. Because of ethnic and religious disputes, the ruling junta of Myanmar treats the Karen people very badly. It is reported by international human rights groups that the junta refuses to build schools, hospitals, or other kind of public infrastructure in the region. It is also reported that the military used to enter Karen villages, raping women, killing children, and using the men as slaves to build streets. They are also reported to steal food from the local villagers, as the junta often does not give their own soldiers with simple supplies like guns, ammunition or meals.

Many Karen consider the Karen National Union to be their true government and have joined the Karen National Liberation Army to fight the Burmese junta. However, the Karen are not the only ethnic minority fighting the junta; there are many different armies that are fighting against the military government of Burma . These irregular armies are not, however, politically or strategically unified, because of different religious beliefs, political stands, social customs, and organisational structures.

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Subdivisions of Myanmar Flag of Myanmar
States: Chin | Kachin | Kayah | Kayin | Mon | Rakhine | Shan
Divisions: Ayeyarwady | Bago | Magway | Mandalay | Sagaing | Tanintharyi | Yangon
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