Laukkai 老街 (果敢)
Laukkai (also known as Laukkaing or Laogai or Laokai; Burmese:လောက်ကိုင်မြို့; Chinese:老街; pinyin:Lǎojiē) is the capital of Kokang (also known as Special Region 1) in the northern part of Shan State, Burma. It is situated on the Salween River, which forms Burma's border with the People's *****************. It is about 10 miles away from Nansan (Chinese characters: 南傘), China. In Laukkai, the south-western dialect of Mandarin and Chinese characters are widely used, and the Chinese renminbi is in circulation. it is the main town of Laukkaing Township of the Kokang Self-Administered Zone. It is 117 miles and 7 furlongs from Lashio and 42 miles from Kongyan.