Kyaukkyi

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Kyaukkyi

Southern township of Toungoo District, Lower Burma, lying between 18° o' and 18° 45' N. and 96^^ 26' and 97° 12' E., with an area of 1,217 square miles. It is a large township, extending from the Sittang in the west to the border of Salween District in the east. Along the Sittang is a cultivated plain, averaging about 10 miles in width. East of this is hilly country inhabited by taungya- Karens. The population was 25,656 in 189 1, and 32,226 in 1901 (Burmans, 13,456; Karens, 17,672), distributed in 245 villages, the head-quarters being at Kyaukkyi (population, 1,650). The area culti- vated in 1903-4 was 55 square miles, paying Rs. 62,000 land revenue.