Chinshwehaw
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Chinshwehaw
ချင်းရွှေဟော်မြို့ | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Chinshwehaw Location in Myanmar | |
| Coordinates: 23°28′32″N 98°49′27″E / 23.475573°N 98.824194°E | |
| Country |  Myanmar |
| State |  Shan State |
| Self-administered zone | Kokang |
| Township | Laukkaing Township |
| Population | |
• Town | 4,889 |
| • Urban | 3,138 |
| • Rural | 2,752 |
| Time zone | UTC+6.30 (MST) |
Chinshwehaw (Burmese: ချင်းရွှေဟော်မြို့) is a town in Laukkaing Township, Kokang Self-Administered Zone in northeastern Shan State of Myanmar.[2] The town borders Qingshuihe Village of the Gengma Dai and Va Autonomous County, Yunnan Province, China. The town is home to one of 5 official border trade posts with China, and opened on 19 October 2003.[3] In 2022, total trade volume at the border post stood at US$283.396 million.[4]
On 28 October 2023 it was reported that the town had come fully under control of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) during the ongoing civil war.[5]
