Demoso

Demoso
ဒီးမော့ဆိုမြို့
Town
Demoso is located in Myanmar
Demoso
Demoso
Location in Myanmar
Coordinates: 19°32′18″N 97°09′32″E / 19.5383°N 97.1588°E / 19.5383; 97.1588
Country Myanmar
State Kayah
DistrictDemoso District
TownshipDemoso Township
Area
 • Town
0.98 sq mi (2.5 km2)
Elevation
2,982 ft (909 m)
Population
 (2019)
 • Urban
5,522
 • Metro
87,088
Time zoneUTC+6.30 (MMT)

Demoso (Burmese: ဒီးမော့ဆိုမြို့; also spelled Dimawhso) is the capital of Demoso District in northwestern Kayah State, Myanmar.

History

Demoso was the site of the Battle of Demoso during the Myanmar civil war that began in 2021. As a result of the conflict, many citizens in Demoso fled to neighboring areas, while numerous displaced people in Kayah State moved to the town, including Bishop Celso Ba Shwe of the Diocese of Loikaw in 2024.

On April 30, 2022, new districts were expanded and organized. Demoso became the capital of its own district, separating out of Loikaw District.

The town was taken by the Karenni Nationalities Defence Force following an offensive in November 2023. It was retaken by the Tatmadaw in August 2025.

References

  1. ↑ Myanmar Information Management Unit (January 2020). Demoso Myone Daethasaingyarachatlatmya ဒီးမော့ဆိုမြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ [Demoso Township Regional Information] (PDF) (Report). MIMU. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  2. ↑ Lovett, Lorcan (4 June 2023). "In the targets of the junta: life and war inside rebel-held Myanmar". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Monks flee temples in Kayah State as fighting intensifies". Frontier Myanmar. AFP. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2024. The monk, among roughly 5,000 people who have fled Loikaw to eastern Shan State, said 12 monasteries in nearby Demoso town had also been emptied.
  4. ↑ "မြေမြှုပ်မိုင်းအန္တရာယ်ကြောင့် ဒီးမော့ဆိုဒေသခံများ နေရပ်မပြန်နိုင်သေး". DVB (in Burmese). 7 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  5. ↑ "mgr. Ba Shwe (Bishop Loikaw) on school attack, "fighters from both sides of the conflict and the military, stop killing"". Italy 24 Press News. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  6. ↑ "Displaced Myanmar bishop urges Catholics to work for peace". UCA News. Union of Catholic Asian News. 8 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  7. ↑ "နေပြည်တော်၊ တိုင်းဒေသကြီးနှင့် ပြည်နယ်များတွင် ခရိုင် ၄၆ ခရိုင် အသစ်တိုးချဲ့ဖွဲ့စည်းသည့်အတွက် စုစုပေါင်းခရိုင် ၁၂၁ ခရိုင်ရှိလာ".
  8. ↑ "EXPANSION OF NEW DISTRICTS: NEW DISTRICTS EXPANDED IN NAY PYI TAW, REGIONS AND STATES".
  9. ↑ "Myanmar's military retakes a strategic town 2 years after the resistance captured it". AP News. Retrieved 2025-08-21.