Lawksawk is a town in Shan State

Shan State

Shan State is a state of Burma . Shan State borders China to the north, Laos to the east, and Thailand to the south, and five administrative divisions of Burma in the west. Largest of the 14 administrative divisions by land area, Shan State covers 155,800 km², almost a quarter of the total...

, Myanmar

Myanmar

Burma , officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar , is a country in Southeast Asia. Burma is bordered by China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, the Bay of Bengal to the southwest, and the Andaman Sea on the south....

. It is the principal town and administrative centre of Lawksawk Township

Lawksawk Township

Lawksawk Township is a township of Taunggyi District in the Shan State of Myanmar. The principal town is Lawksawk.-Geography:Lawksawk Township is bounded on the north by the townships of Nawnghkio, Kyaukme, and Hsipaw; on the east by Mong Kung and Hopong; on the south by Taunggyi, Kalaw, and...

. The town is located along an oxbow lake

Oxbow lake

An oxbow lake is a U-shaped body of water formed when a wide meander from the main stem of a river is cut off to create a lake. This landform is called an oxbow lake for the distinctive curved shape, named after part of a yoke for oxen. In Australia, an oxbow lake is called a billabong, derived...

 of the Zawgyi River

Zawgyi River

Zawgyi River is a river of eastern Burma . It flows through the foothills of the Shan Mountain range in Shan State. It is a tributary of the Myitnge River entering it about 20 km north of Kyaukse at Nyaungbintha.-Notes:...

 at an altitude of 910 metres. Lawksawk is about 70 kilometres (43 mi) by road north of Taunggyi

Taunggyi

-Transportation:The main access to Taunggyi is by road. A railway line that passes through Taunggyi was recently built in 1995, but at the moment it offers no passenger service. Regular railway passenger service to the rest of the country is through the town of Shwenyaung, twelve miles to the...

 on National Route 43.

Transport

Since 1998, Lawksawk has been served by a branch of the Myanmar Railways

Myanmar Railways

Myanmar Railways ; also spelled Myanma Railways; formerly Burma Railways) is the state-owned agency that operates the railway network in Myanmar. The metre gauge rail network consists of 858 stations, and generally spans north to south with branch lines to east and west. MR also operates the...

 network that runs from Aungban

Aungban

Aungban is a town in the Shan State of eastern Burma. It is located in Kalaw Township in Taunggyi District.It is the junction for a branch railway to Loikaw constructed in 1992.-External links:*...

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