Manerplaw (S'gaw Karen: မၤနၢၤပျီ; Burmese: မာနယ်ပလော) was a village in Kayin State, Myanmar (Burma), on the Moei River.

[2] It was the proposed capital of an independent state governed by the Karen people, known locally as Kawthoolei.

[3] The National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB) was established in Manerplaw in December 1990.

[4] Manerplaw was captured and occupied by Tatmadaw and Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) troops on 27 January 1995 and later abandoned.

[5] On December 17th 2024, Karen National Union ,Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), and allied forces recaptured Manerplaw from the State Administration Council (SAC) Tatmadaw.