Myanmar People and Races
Kayah
Kayah State is inhabited by Kayah, Kayan or (Padaung)
Mono, Kayaw, Yintalei, Gekho, Hheba, Shan, Intha,
Bamar, Rakhine, Chin, Kachin,Kayin , Mon and Pao .
Kayah State had a population of 158,400 in 1983 and
in1996 the estimated population is over 240,000.
Kayah State is situated in eastern Myanmar and
bounded on the north by Shan State and on the east
by Thailand and on the south and west by Kayin
state. 49 per cent of the population are are
Buddhists, 43 per cent are Christians and 6 per cent
are Animists.
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