Kokang is a region in northern Myanmar, located in the northern part of Shan State with the Salween River to its west and a border with China's Yunnan Province to the east. Its total land area is around 1,895 square kilometers (732 sq mi), and its capital is Laukkai. Kokang is mostly populated by the Kokang people, an ethnic Han Chinese group with a centuries-long history of settlement in the area.