Myawaddy District

Myawaddy District (Burmese: မြဝတီခရိုင်, Myáwădi Hkăyaing) is a district of Kayin in Myanmar, and is bordered by Hpa-An District to the north, Kawkareik District to the west, and Tak Province of Thailand to the east.

The capital is Myawaddy, which is a border town located in the centre of the district. The district has a population of 165,276 people. It was created out of the eastern edge of Kawkareik District to give more autonomy and control to the border area.

Geography
Myawaddy District is physically seperated from the rest of Kayin State by mountains, and the border with Thailand runs along a river at the centre of a valley. There is a small salient in the southeast of the district that is home to about 50,000 people.