Hpapun Township (, MLCTS: hpa.pwan.mrui.nay; ; ; also spelt Papun Township and known by the Karen people as Mutraw or Bu Tho Township) is a township of Hpapun District in the Karen State of Myanmar. It lies on the border of Thailand across the Salween River. The central part of the township is bounded on the west by the Yunzalin River.http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs/yearbooks/13.%20Internally%20Displaced%20People%20and%20Forced%20Relocation.htm "Forced Relocation Sites in Papun (Mu Traw) District, Karen State, Map by CIDKP Dec. 2000"] in "13. Internally Displaced People and Forced Relocation" Facts on Human Rights Violation in Burma: 2002-2003, Online Burma/Myanmar Library
The township is home to two towns with a total of eight urban wards as well as 33 village tracts grouping 305 villages. The principal town is Papun and the only other town in the township is Kamamaung. 67% of the township professes Buddhism as their faith with 27% professing Christianity.
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