Kyunsu Township

Kyunsu Township
Kanmaw Township
Township
Kyunsu Township

Location in Burma

Coordinates: 11°48′6″N 98°31′32″E / 11.80167°N 98.52556°E / 11.80167; 98.52556Coordinates: 11°48′6″N 98°31′32″E / 11.80167°N 98.52556°E / 11.80167; 98.52556
Country  Burma
Region Taninthayi Region
District Myeik District
Capital Kyunsu
Time zone MST (UTC+6.30)

Kyunsu or Kanmaw Township is a township of Myeik District in the Taninthayi Division of Myanmar. The principal town is Kyunsu (older name Kanmaw[1]). The township constitutes much of the Mergui Archipelago to the west, northwest and southwest of the city of Mergui (Myeik).[2] The main town is located on the north-east coast of Kanmaw Island to the southwest of Mergui city.[3][4]

History

Kyunsu Township was created out of Mergui Township in 1990,[5] the remainder of which became Myeik Township.

References

  1. "Burma 1:250,000 topographic map, Series U542, Bokpyin NC 47-2" U.S. Army Map Service, July 1960
  2. Kyunsu Township (PDF) (Map). Myanmar Information Management Unit. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
  3. Google Maps (Map). Google.
  4. Bing Maps (Map). Microsoft and Harris Corporation Earthstar Geographics LLC.
  5. Südostasien Aktuell (Journal of current southeast Asian affairs) volume 18 page 199, in German

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, December 27, 2010. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.