Kalaw

Kalaw

ကလောမြို့ (ဝဵင်းၵၢတ်ႇလေႃႉ)
Kalaw ကလောမြို့ (ဝဵင်းၵၢတ်ႇလေႃႉ)
Town
	Kalaw Location in Myanmar
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Country	Myanmar
State	Shan State
Districts	Taunggyi District
Township	Kalaw Township
Population (2005)
• Religions	Buddhism
Time zone	UTC+6.30 (MST)

Kalaw (Burmese: ကလောမြို့; Shan: ၵၢတ်ႇလေႃႉ [ka lɔ]) is a hill town in the Shan State of Myanmar. It is located in Kalaw Township in Taunggyi District.

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The town was popular with the British during colonial rule. Kalaw is the main setting of the novel Das Herzenhören by Jan-Philipp Sendker.

The hill station is located at an elevation of 1310 metres, 50 km from the Inle lake. Kalaw is famous for hiking and trekking.^[1] Many trekking trails ranging from nearby places to Inle Lake and Pindaya.^[2] The town still feels like a high-altitude holiday resort – the air is cool, the atmosphere is calm and the tree-lined streets still contain a smattering of colonial-era architecture – while the surrounding hills are fine for relatively easy day or overnight treks to Danu, Danaw, Palaung, Pa-O and Taung Yo villages.^[3]

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[1]
"Trek Kalaw and Meet Ethnic People". www.myanmartour.com. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
[2]
Dunham, Jillian (2015-12-16). "A Three-Day Trek in the Highlands of Myanmar". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
[3]
Planet, Lonely. "Kalaw travel | Myanmar (Burma)". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 2019-05-07.

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[1] [1]
"Trek Kalaw and Meet Ethnic People". www.myanmartour.com. Retrieved 2017-08-31.

[2] [2]
Dunham, Jillian (2015-12-16). "A Three-Day Trek in the Highlands of Myanmar". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-05-07.

[3] [3]
Planet, Lonely. "Kalaw travel | Myanmar (Burma)". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 2019-05-07.

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Kalaw ကလောမြို့ (ဝဵင်းၵၢတ်ႇလေႃႉ)
Town

Kalaw Location in Myanmar
Coordinates: 20°38′N 96°34′E / 20.633; 96.567][[Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas]]"},"html":"Coordinates: </templatestyles>\"}' data-mw='{\"name\":\"templatestyles\",\"attrs\":{\"src\":\"Module:Coordinates/styles.css\"},\"body\":{\"extsrc\":\"\"}}'/>20°38′N 96°34′E / 20.633°N 96.567°E / 20.633; 96.567"}">
Country	Myanmar
State	Shan State
Districts	Taunggyi District
Township	Kalaw Township
Population (2005)
• Religions	Buddhism
Time zone	UTC+6.30 (MST)