Demoso
{{Infobox settlement
| settlement_type = Town
| native_name = {{lang|my|ဒီးမော့ဆိုမြို့}}
| official_name = Demoso
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| pushpin_map = Myanmar
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Myanmar
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{Flag|Myanmar}}
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Kayah}}
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Demoso District
| subdivision_type3 = Township
| subdivision_name3 = Demoso Township
| unit_pref = Imperial
| area_total_sq_mi = 0.98
| population_urban = 5522
| population_metro = 87088
| population_as_of = 2019
| population_blank1_title = Ethnicities
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| population_blank2_title = Religions
| population_density_km2 = auto
| coordinates = {{coord|19.5383|N|97.1588|E|dim:2500_region:MM|display=inline,title}}
| leader_title = Mayor
| elevation_ft = 2982
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| timezone = MMT
| utc_offset = +6.30
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Demoso ({{langx|my|ဒီးမော့ဆိုမြို့}}; also spelled Dimawhso) is the capital of Demoso District in northwestern Kayah State, Myanmar.
History
Demoso was the site of the Battle of Demoso during the Myanmar civil war that began in 2021.{{Cite news|last=Lovett|first=Lorcan|date=4 June 2023|title=In the targets of the junta: life and war inside rebel-held Myanmar|language=en-GB|work=The Observer|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/04/in-the-targets-of-the-junta-life-and-war-inside-rebel-held-myanmar|access-date=31 December 2023|issn=0029-7712}} As a result of the conflict, many citizens in Demoso fled to neighboring areas,{{cite news|author=AFP|title=Monks flee temples in Kayah State as fighting intensifies|url=https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/monks-flee-temples-in-kayah-state-as-fighting-intensifies/|access-date=19 February 2024|work=Frontier Myanmar|date=17 January 2022|quote=The monk, among roughly 5,000 people who have fled Loikaw to eastern Shan State, said 12 monasteries in nearby Demoso town had also been emptied.}}{{cite news|title=မြေမြှုပ်မိုင်းအန္တရာယ်ကြောင့် ဒီးမော့ဆိုဒေသခံများ နေရပ်မပြန်နိုင်သေး|url=https://burmese.dvb.no/post/641904|access-date=15 March 2024|work=DVB|date=7 March 2024|language=Burmese}} while numerous displaced people in Kayah State moved to the town, including Bishop Celso Ba Shwe of the Diocese of Loikaw in 2024.{{cite news|title=mgr. Ba Shwe (Bishop Loikaw) on school attack, "fighters from both sides of the conflict and the military, stop killing"|url=https://news.italy24.press/trends/1250454.html|access-date=19 February 2024|work=Italy 24 Press News|date=7 February 2024}}{{cite news|title=Displaced Myanmar bishop urges Catholics to work for peace|url=https://www.ucanews.com/news/displaced-myanmar-bishop-urges-catholics-to-work-for-peace/104367|access-date=15 March 2024|work=UCA News|publisher=Union of Catholic Asian News|date=8 March 2024}}
On April 30, 2022, new districts were expanded and organized. Demoso became the capital of its own district, separating out of Loikaw District.{{cite web|url=https://news-eleven.com/article/229873|title=နေပြည်တော်၊ တိုင်းဒေသကြီးနှင့် ပြည်နယ်များတွင် ခရိုင် ၄၆ ခရိုင် အသစ်တိုးချဲ့ဖွဲ့စည်းသည့်အတွက် စုစုပေါင်းခရိုင် ၁၂၁ ခရိုင်ရှိလာ}}{{cite web|url=https://www.myanmaritv.com/news/expansion-new-districts-new-districts-expanded-nay-pyi-taw-regions-and-states|title=EXPANSION OF NEW DISTRICTS: NEW DISTRICTS EXPANDED IN NAY PYI TAW, REGIONS AND STATES}}
References
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External links
- [http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Dimawhso¶ms=19_10_33_N_97_20_37_E_type:city_region:MM geohack: Dimawhso]
{{Kayah State}}
Category:Township capitals of Myanmar
Category:Populated places in Kayah State
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